Republicans who view Donald Trump's felony conviction by a Manhattan jury as politically motivated are calling on GOP prosecutors to start charging Democrats with crimes. Candidates, officeholders and members of the former president’s family are amplifying the message since Trump's conviction on 34 charges in his hush money trial.
FILE - Former President Donald Trump leaves the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. Republicans who believe former President Donald Trump ’s felony conviction was politically motivated have been increasingly echoing his calls for retribution against political enemies should he win again. Candidates, officeholders and even members of the president’s family are calling for criminal prosecutions of those on the left. FILE - Rep. Mike Collins , R-Ga.
The calls to weaponize the judicial system against Democrats are a degree more intense than some other suggestions for retaliation that Republicans have made since the guilty verdict, such as calls to investigate the prosecutors in the Manhattan case or for voters to give their own verdict by sending Trump back to the White House in November.
Congressional Democrats condemned Republican calls to use the justice system to target Democrats as “reckless” and potentially dangerous to democracy. They said in interviews that such a reaction was uncalled for since Trump had a fair trial by jury and has the right to appeal.
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