Kansas lawmakers react to Trump guilty verdict
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Video above: Former President Donald Trump speaks outside of court following his conviction
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Former President Donald Trump was found guilty by a jury in New York of 34 counts of falsifying business records, making him the first former president to be convicted of a felony.
The jurors reached a verdict in the late afternoon after less than 12 hours of deliberation in the hush money criminal case.
Kansas lawmakers reacted to the decision on Thursday. Senator Roger Marshall made a post on X and called it a miscarriage of justice.
The political persecution of Donald Trump is the most egregious miscarriage of justice in our nation’s history.
This happens in banana republics, under authoritarian regimes, not here in America.
The true judge and jury will speak loudly in November, and Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States.”Sen. Roger Marshall
Congressman Tracey Mann took to Facebook and called it the biggest sham in the history of America’s judicial system.
Politically charged, partisan NY prosecutors just performed the biggest sham in the history of America’s judicial system.
This trial was never about justice—it was about weaponizing our judicial system to keep President Biden’s leading opponent off the campaign trail and in a courtroom away from voters. Americans are not fooled by this overly political ruling. I am looking forward to President Trump’s appeal.”
Congressman Tracey Mann
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Former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, who is running for Congress, released the following statement:
‘Show me the man I’ll show you the crime’ was coined by Stalin’s Soviet Union and that mindset sadly lives on today in New York City.
This is a dark day for the American justice system. This prosecution, in a state where the attorney general campaigned for office on a promise to prosecute Trump, was unjust from the outset, and I believe this conviction for a victimless crime will be overturned on appeal.
But without waiting for appeal, the American people should enter their own verdict. No contrived prosecution can deny the rest of the country our choice for President of the United States, and I look forward to voting for Donald Trump again on November 5.”
Derek Schmidt
Rep. Ron Estes issued the following statement after the verdict was handed.
Most Americans can see through the politically motivated trial against President Trump, and they know that a prosecutor who ran specifically against the former president, a judge with a heavy anti-Trump bias, and a highly partisan venue could not produce a fair outcome,” said Rep. Estes. “Whether someone supports or opposes President Trump or his policies, the verdict today paints a sad state of affairs in this great nation, and the relentless attacks against President Trump for political gain are only further dividing the country and sowing doubt about our federal institutions.”
Rep. Ron Estes
KSN will add more lawmaker reactions and they make them.
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