Jim Jordan says Trump won’t go after political enemies

Rep. Jim Jordan said he doesn’t foresee President-elect Donald Trump going after his political enemies during his second administration.

“He didn’t do it his first term,” Mr. Jordan said on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.

When host Dana Bash doubled down that this is now his second term, Mr. Jordan defended Mr. Trump.

“All I know is what he didn’t do. You’re talking about ‘lock her up,’ you’re talking about his opponent in 2016, Secretary [Hillary] Clinton, talk about lock her up,” Mr. Jordan said. “He didn’t do that, he didn’t go after — but the Democrats went after him and everyone understands what they did.

“I don’t think any of that’s going to happen because we’re the party who’s against political prosecution, we’re the party who’s against going after your opponents using law fare,” the House Judiciary chair said.

Mr. Trump has many times named his political enemies and has made suggestive comments about going after them.

Many have called his presidential run his revenge tour.

He has railed against the criminal and civil cases against him, in states like New York, Georgia, Florida and in Washington.

Mr. Jordan said Sunday that “we all know the Fani Willis case, the Alvin Bragg case and the Jack Smith cases were driven by politics.”

“The American people understood it and that is why they had this overwhelming win — one of the reasons they had this overwhelming win — for President Trump,” he said. “So I’m against the retribution.”