"'Political War': Ted Cruz's Mentor Judge J. Michael Luttig Turns On Donald Trump
Former Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig has said the GOP is currently in a "political war" as it splits between those who support Donald Trump's attempts to overthrow Democratic elections and those who want to speak out against it.
In the space of a few days, the influential judge, who served for 15 years on the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, has publicly attacked leading members of the party for not standing up to Trump as he sought to dispute the 2020 Electoral Count, including warning in a New York Times opinion piece that the president looks set to do it again in 2024.
Days later, Luttig gave an interview to conservative lawyer group Checks & Balances in which he also expressed his outrage that "not one single leader of ours with the moral authority, the courage and the will to stand up and say 'No, this is not who we are'" with regards to Trump and the GOP.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Luttig said he became even more irate at the direction of where the GOP are heading after the Republican National Committee voted to censure reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the only two Republican lawmakers on the House Select committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riot.
"This feels like a seminal moment in America when all of what the country has witnessed and endured for these years seems to be building to volcanic crescendo…We are in political war to the death—with each other," Luttig said, adding that "American democracy hangs in the balance.""
