Video above: Former President Donald Trump speaks outside court after 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 convicted of a felony.
Jurors reached a verdict late in the afternoon after less than 12 hours of deliberation in the hush money criminal case.
Kansas lawmakers reacted to the decision Thursday. Senator Roger Marshall posted about 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 the United States.
“The real judge and jury will speak out loud in November, and Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States.”
Senator Roger Marshall
Congresswoman Tracey Mann took to Facebook and called it the biggest travesty in the history of the US justice system.
Politically charged, partisan New York prosecutors have just pulled off the biggest travesty in the history of the US justice system.
This trial was never about justice; it was about weaponizing our judicial system to keep President Biden’s primary opponent off the campaign trail and in a courtroom away from voters. Americans are not fooled by this overly political decision. “I look forward to President Trump’s appeal.”
Congresswoman Tracey Mann
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Former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, a congressional candidate, issued the following statement:
“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime” was coined by Stalin’s Soviet Union and that mentality is sadly still alive 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 unfair from the beginning, and I believe this conviction for a victimless crime will be overturned on appeal.
But without waiting for an appeal, the American people should render their own verdict. No artificial processing can deny the rest of the country our election for President of the United States, and I look forward to voting for Donald Trump again on November 5.”
Derek Schmidt
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