On Thursday, former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts in his New York hush money trial. The jury deliberated for a total of 9.5 hours over the course of two days before reaching a verdict. The trial lasted six weeks.
In 2023, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) charged Trump with 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.
As Katie noted, Bragg’s team didn’t focus on proving the fraud charges. Instead, prosecutors honed in on “hush money payments” and focused on irrelevant details of an alleged affair.
Other Republicans who ran against Trump for the White House reacted to the news on Thursday.
“Today’s verdict represents the culmination of a legal process that has been bent to the political will of the actors involved: a leftist prosecutor, a partisan judge and a jury reflective of one of the most liberal enclaves in America—all in an effort to “get” Donald Trump,” Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on X.
“It is often said that no one is above the law, but it is also true that no one is below the law. If the defendant were not Donald Trump, this case would never have been brought, the judge would have never issued similar rulings, and the jury would have never returned a guilty verdict,” he continued. “In America, the rule of law should be applied in a dispassionate, even-handed manner, not become captive to the political agenda of some kangaroo court.”
Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy said, “The prosecutor is a politician who promised to nail Trump.”
“The judge’s daughter is a Democrat operative who literally *raised $$ from the trial* while her father presided over it.The jury instructions said they didn’t have to agree on the crime to convict.” he added.
“This will backfire.”