The state of Missouri has filed suit against the state of New York for its prosecution of former President Donald Trump, and is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare that New York’s actions unlawfully interfere with the presidential election. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said New York was waging war on “American Democracy,” stating on X:
🚨BREAKING: I have filed suit against the State of New York for hijacking the presidential election by illegally scheming to jail their presidential opponent, President Trump. New York is waging war on American Democracy — and Missouri will not let it stand.
Bailey alleges that New York’s prosecution of Trump is election interference and disrupts Missourians’ ability to cast a well-informed vote in the presidential election:
New York’s illicit prosecution, gag order, and sentencing of President Trump has undermined his ability to campaign. This overt meddling in a presidential election sabotages Missourians’ ability to cast a well-informed vote mere months before the election.
The lawsuit also asks SCOTUS to invoke Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution, with Bailey stating on X, “The Supreme Court must invoke its original jurisdiction under Article III, Section II of the Constitution to settle this once and for all.”
Bailey asked the Court to remove New York’s gag orders against Trump, and reschedule sentencing to after the election:
I am asking the Supreme Court to declare that New York’s actions unlawfully interfere with the presidential election, to remove any gag orders against President Trump, and to halt the impending sentencing until after the presidential election.
