Hinson silent about Trump conduct

Where is Rep. Ashley Hinson's outrage now? The Dept. of Justice continues to provide information about classified government documents stored at Mar-a-Lago and even former Attorney General William Barr said this week that the government was being ‘jerked around’ by the former president.

Hinson’s response to the Aug. 8 Mar-a-Lago search in which she called for Dept. of Justice to ‘immediately explain their justification for this unprecedented raid’ cast doubt on the Dept. of Justice. She could have called on Trump to be transparent about why a search warrant was needed to retrieve public documents from his home. She could have waited for more information to make an informed comment. Failing that, she could speak up now that there is information suggesting the government has built a solid case.

But no, Rep. Hinson is silent. She is unwilling to speak about the true outrage: a former president potentially having engaged in illegal conduct and harm it may have caused. She has treated this as a political game and not the potential national security crisis it is. Hinson does not deserve re-election. I urge you to vote for Liz Mathis.

Leslie Carpenter

Marion