Utah Gov. Spencer Cox tried to stroll a nice rhetorical line on Tuesday afternoon when reacting to the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago final week. On the one hand, he says no one is above the regulation, however alternatively, Trump isn’t any bizarre citizen.
Throughout a wide-ranging online discussion with the Washington Post, Cox mentioned he was vital of the FBI and Justice Division’s determination to execute a search warrant on Trump as a result of little or no data was given to the general public, retaining them at nighttime.
“It is a former president of the US, and we’ve got to stay in a sensible actuality. That is very completely different. You must give as a lot data as you’ll be able to from the start. You must be a totally open e book. The stakes are too excessive, and the potential detrimental outcomes are far too damaging,” Cox mentioned.
That ignorance, in accordance with Cox, has led to an “data vacuum” that’s inevitably crammed with unhealthy data. The governor scolded the media for, what he known as, hours of baseless hypothesis concerning the search. Cox mentioned the absence of particulars has led to Republicans criticizing the FBI and DOJ and accusing them, with out proof, of utilizing the search to enact political retribution towards Trump.
“The Biden administration ought to by no means use the DOJ and the FBI to punish their political enemies. By the identical token, a Republican administration mustn’t use these levers of energy to punish their political enemies. I feel we should always withhold any judgment till we all know what we’re truly speaking about, after which we should always deeply scrutinize precisely what is going on,” Cox mentioned.
The Republican governor was requested about his assist of the U.S. Supreme Court docket’s determination to overturn Roe v. Wade, leaving regulation of abortion as much as particular person states.
“My hope is that now, via the laboratories of democracy, that over time, we will discover a steadiness and a greater approach of determining this tug and pull that’s taking place between folks like me who consider there may be life earlier than start and those that that consider there needs to be a proper to abortion,” Cox replied.
Proper now, Utah bans abortions after 18 weeks, whereas a extra restrictive regulation that bans practically all abortions stays on maintain pending a court docket problem.
Within the wake of the Supreme Court docket determination, Cox has pledged to do extra to assist pregnant girls and moms. He mentioned Tuesday he doesn’t have any concrete proposals. One coverage Cox talked about he desires to deal with is holding males accountable and answerable for kids.
“There are too many males that fail of their accountability to that girl and that baby. That’s the place the assistance is available in, ensuring they’re getting financial assist from the individuals who needs to be equally answerable for the creation of that life,” Cox mentioned.