An angry Donald Trump demanded in an F-bomb-filled phone call with House Speaker Mike Johnson after he was found guilty last month in his New York hush money trial that "we have to overturn this," according to a report.
The former president has been ranting about Democrats weaponizing the justice system against him, a campaign he ramped up after his conviction in Manhattan criminal court of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to one-time porn star Stormy Daniels in the weeks before the 2016 election, Politico reported.
In the days after his conviction on May 30, Trump reached out to Johnson, the Republican leader of the House, "dropping frequent F-bombs" in the call, the report said.
"We have to overturn this," Trump told him, according to Politico, in the call in which the former president asked him to head up the effort.
Johnson, who was among GOP lawmakers who trekked to Manhattan to show their support for Trump, "sympathized" with the former president, the report said.
The Louisiana Republican had been critical of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case and his belief that the justice system was being abused since before he took over the speakership.
In an interview on Fox & Friends on May 31, Johsnon called for the Supreme Court to "step in" to overturn Trump's conviction.
"There's a lot of developments yet to come, but I do believe the Supreme Court should step in, obviously, this is totally unprecedented," Johnson said.
"I think that the Justices on the court - I know many of them personally - I think they are deeply concerned about that, as we are. So I think they'll set this straight," he added.
Johnson and Trump have spoken multiple times since May.
The former president is in Washington, D.C., Thursday where he's meeting with Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate.
