As Republican lawmakers consider holding hearings to examine prosecutors in Trump’s New York trial, the Senate’s top Democrat is pleading with former President Trump’s allies to let the legal process play out as the former president seeks to appeal his guilty verdict. .
“The undeniable fact is that Donald Trump went through the same legal process that all Americans go through, was tried according to the facts and the law, and was found guilty by a jury of his peers,” said the leader of the Senate Majority Chuck Schumer said in a statement Friday.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticized the Supreme Court after a draft decision was leaked showing the court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
“He is now a convicted felon,” the New York Democrat added.
Trump vowed to appeal the verdict in remarks to reporters in New York City on Friday morning.
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Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower on Thursday, May 30, 2024 after being found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. (Felipe Ramales for Fox News Digital)
“As Donald Trump considers his next steps within the legal system, there should continue to be no outside political influence, intimidation or interference. I encourage both supporters and critics of Mr. Trump to let the process move forward in accordance with the law,” Schumer said.
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Schumer’s second statement on the Trump verdict, the first of which came Thursday night, followed House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s demand that the Manhattan district attorney , Alvin Bragg, and prosecutor Matthew Colangelo appear next month for a hearing on “the unprecedented impeachment of President Trump.”
Trump was found guilty Thursday by a New York jury of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, with whom he allegedly had an affair.
