The top prosecutor in the "Show-Me" State picked a legal fight Thursday against the "Empire State" for its prosecutions of former President Donald Trump.
"I will be filing suit against the State of New York for their direct attack on our democratic process through unconstitutional lawfare against President Trump," Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey declared in a post on X, formerly Twitter. "We have to fight back against a rogue prosecutor who is trying to take a presidential candidate off the campaign trail."
And as to why an attorney general is picking a fight with another state, he claims it's because the moves in court are hamstringing the presumptive nominee's capability to stump to become the 47th president.
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Bailey added: "It sabotages Missourians’ right to a free and fair election."
Bailey expects his case to go straight to the Supreme Court because it involves a state versus state action.
His office already titled the matter: "Missouri vs. New York."
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Trump has lost civil and a criminal case against him in numerous cases including defamation, civil fraud, and his criminal case involving a 34-count indictment against Trump for falsifying business records.
The Missouri AG specifically poked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for acting politically when he successfully secured a guilty verdict.
"We have to fight back against a rogue prosecutor who is trying to take a presidential candidate off the campaign trail," Bailey added in another tweet clearly aimed at Bragg, but not naming him.
Bailey charged "radical progressives in New York [for] trying to rig the 2024 election," according to Fox News. "We have to stand up and fight back."
When Bragg ran for Manhattan district attorney in 2021 it was on a platform of “justice and public safety."
And when he was asked about the criminal investigation into Trump and how Cyrus Vance Jr., the outgoing DA didn't bring a formal charge, Bragg expressed his intentions.
“I don’t know where this investigation will go. I don’t want to prejudge it. But, these types of investigations — white-collar investigations — I’ve been involved with for years, both doing them myself and also supervising them,” he said at the time.
The lawsuit comes weeks ahead of a primary where Bailey is fighting to keep his AG post in a fierce GOP contest.
Come Aug. 6, voters will decide to stay with Bailey or put their support behind Will Scharf, Trump's attorney who has been a mainstay in the news counterpunching for the gag-ordered convicted presidential contender.