Trump conviction in hush-money case sparks sharply divergent reactions
by Joan E Greve in Washington and Nick Robins-Early from US news | The Guardian on (#6N64Z)
Republican House speaker Mike Johnson bemoans shameful day' while Democrats praise strength of US justice system
Donald Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records set off a political firestorm in Washington on Thursday, with Republicans furiously lambasting the verdict as a miscarriage of justice while Democrats commended New York jurors for rendering a fair judgment in one of the most historic trials in US history.
Republicans unsurprisingly rallied around Trump, reiterating their baseless allegations that the Biden administration had engaged in political persecution of the former US president.
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