George W Bush’s attorney general torches Trump as ‘threat to the rule of law’ in op-ed endorsing Harris

George W Bush’s attorney general has slammed Donald Trump as “the most serious threat to the rule of law in a generation” in a scathing op-ed, adding himself to the growing list of Republicans endorsing Kamala Harris for president.

Alberto R Gonzales, who served as Bush’s White House counsel from 2001 to 2005 when he then became the US attorney general from 2005 to 2007, penned an op-ed in Politico explaining, unabashedly, why he plans to vote for Harris in November following her debate against Trump.

In it, he warned of the dangers he believes Trump poses to the country’s “rule of law,” pointing to the state of the other governmental branches, the former president’s role on January 6 2021, and his ongoing legal woes.

“As the United States approaches a critical election, I can’t sit quietly as Donald Trump — perhaps the most serious threat to the rule of law in a generation — eyes a return to the White House,” Gonzales wrote.

“For that reason, though I’m a Republican, I’ve decided to support Kamala Harris for president.”

The former AG emphasized that the “character” of the next president is “particularly important,” pointing to the other two branches of government.

“The current members of the House of Representatives and the Senate have proven spectacularly incapable or unwilling to check abuses of executive power,” he wrote brutally.

Gonzales then alluded to the Supreme Court’s July immunity ruling, which granted Trump some immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. The former AG warned: “Power is intoxicating and based on Trump’s rhetoric and conduct it appears unlikely that he would respect the power of the presidency in all instances; rather, he would abuse it for personal and political gain, and not on