Lawless and disorderly: Republicans line up behind Trump after conviction
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6N78J)
Trump and his Republican allies sow distrust in US judicial system as analysts warn backlash could tear at social fabric in already volatile election year
A shameful day in American history. A sham show trial. A kangaroo court. A total witch-hunt. Worthy of a banana republic.
These were the reactions from senior elected Republicans, who once claimed the mantle of the party of law and order, to the news that Donald Trump had become the first former US president convicted of a crime.
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