J. Michael Luttig, a retired conservative federal judge, criticized Donald Trump for inflicting “this embarrassing spectacle” on the country after the former president was indicted for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Luttig said the indictment “is all the more tragic and regrettable because the former president has cynically chosen to inflict this embarrassing spectacle on the Nation — and a spectacle it will be.”
“Never again will the world be inspired by America’s democracy in the way that it has been inspired since America’s founding almost 250 years ago,” he added.
Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday on four charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy against rights.
It is Trump’s second federal indictment. The former president was indicted in June over his alleged mishandling of classified documents and obstruction of justice.
