Schlichter is onto the truth. They hate Trump for the two reasons he cited (he stands up in defense, he is not one of them).
But there is another reason, and it is similar to the reasons the scribes, priests and Pharisees had issues with Jesus: he came to town to overturn their tables. This threatened “their city and their place at the trough”, so to speak.
“But there is another reason, and it is similar to the reasons the scribes, priests and Pharisees had issues with Jesus“
Exactly correct - and we know how that turned out.
I have been convinced for over a year that the GOP Sanhedrin, like the originals, was just looking for some Roman (Mueller) to do the deed.