Nearly a dozen House Republicans, including Reps. Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Anna Paulina Luna, attended former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial in New York City on Thursday. The lawmakers, many from the House Freedom Caucus, showed their support for Trump by sitting in the courtroom, with Gaetz sitting next to Eric Trump in the first row, and speaking outside the courthouse. Gaetz and Boebert denounced the charges against Trump, calling them a 'scam' and a 'made up crime.' Gaetz also criticized Judge Juan Merchan and referenced Trump's past message to the Proud Boys. The presence of these GOP lawmakers at the trial has raised concerns about their absence from legislative duties in the Capitol. Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, also testified during the trial.
"Standing back, and standing by, Mr. President," Gaetz wrote as he posted a photo on social media of him with other congressional Republicans standing behind Trump in a hallway outside the courtroom. https://t.co/6p153KnLe8
Gaetz invokes Trump’s call to far-right Proud Boys at hush-money trial https://t.co/0S5uqgwx2x
Nearly a dozen House Republicans showed up in Manhattan outside the courthouse of former President Donald Trump’s trial on Thursday, disrupting scheduled legislative business in the Capitol in the process. https://t.co/bN6Vm7FOyy
Florida Reps. Gaetz and Luna the latest GOP leaders to appear at court with Trump https://t.co/kadoQde4Js
'Stand Back And Stand By': Matt Gaetz Parrots Trump's Call To Violent Extremists At His Trial https://t.co/gF0jZMnHrl
The House Oversight Committee postponed a meeting Thursday so that Republican committee members could attend former President Donald Trump’s trial in New York. https://t.co/7RsDURxrX3
WASHINGTON ― Republicans in Congress have found a new way to prove their loyalty to Donald Trump: flock to New York City and attack the U.S. legal system at the courthouse where his criminal hush money trial is underway. https://t.co/my2lTvyPd3
.@RepMattGaetz denounces Trump hush money trial outside courthouse, ‘Mr. Potato Head doll of crimes’ https://t.co/yJ7HU5rdBD
The parade of lawmakers traveling to NY to support former Pres. Trump during his hush money trial continued Thursday. Inside the courtroom, Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz were seated in the front row, just behind Trump. https://t.co/ZefavsvUAA
WATCH: “It’s Like The Mr. Potato Head Doll of Crimes!” – Rep Matt Gaetz and Anna Paulina Luna GO OFF on Judge Merchan and “Made Up Crime” Against Trump Outside Manhattan Courthouse via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/gRbYTCpomQ
A new host of Trump allies flocked to accompany former President Donald Trump at his Manhattan hush money trial on Thursday. https://t.co/rLYJOcDgcP
Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert back Trump at New York trial https://t.co/iAqBq6CyrC https://t.co/Q8g9t6E7L6
Nearly a dozen House Republicans flocked to Trump's criminal trial in New York City, the largest attendance yet by GOP lawmakers. The trial is rapidly becoming the essential Trump loyalty test for Republican members of Congress. https://t.co/YpBNuP3cwm
Several Republican lawmakers showed up at a New York City courthouse on Thursday to show support for President #DonaldTrump during his hush money trial amid testimony from the real estate mogul's former lawyer and convicted felon #MichaelCohen. https://t.co/VjiUkFFP4K https://t.co/o5b3yObvNc
Almost a dozen House Republicans showed up on Thursday at the courthouse in Manhattan where Donald Trump’s criminal trial is being held. Their absence at the Capitol meant the party risked ceding its control of the House floor while in session. https://t.co/5XKsbHVb62 https://t.co/3vg8N4jhj3
WATCH: Boebert, Gaetz, other GOP representatives speak outside Trump trial in Manhattan https://t.co/myAkyZDOYy
GOP lawmakers show support for Trump outside DA Alvin Bragg's falsified business records trial https://t.co/HJFoDzRgqQ
"IT IS CORRUPT LAWFARE; IT'S THE BIDEN PROSECUTIONS," Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) EXPLODES outside Trump Courtroom in New York. WATCH She said, "Thank you. I also want to point out that they are telling people that they can't have cameras in… https://t.co/QwXotQZcun
At the Trump hush money trial Florida Representative Matt Gaetz said he’s ‘Standing back and standing by, Mr. President,’ referring to Trump’s infamous direction to the far-right Proud Boys. Meanwhile, Lauren Boebert faced chants of ‘Beetlejuice.’ https://t.co/kwXBewBVVd
'CORRUPT LAWFARE': Rep. Anna Paulina Luna spoke outside the New York courthouse and blasted Judge Merchan and President Joe Biden for the lawfare against Donald Trump. MORE: https://t.co/74hxx06iML https://t.co/JRVOjLpdpB
Rep. @laurenboebert and Rep. @mattgaetz speak outside of the Trump trial in New York: “This is a made up crime, no other American in the country would be charged with this type of crime…” https://t.co/FYL2fRhyb6
👀 "Stand back and stand by": Matt Gaetz ominously parrots Trump's call to violent extremists at his criminal trial https://t.co/WiLlPoEdB0
Reps. Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert spoke outside the courthouse, calling the charges against Trump a "scam" and pledging their support to the former president. https://t.co/3UWHMZIuhw https://t.co/StaTXvgYHC
Led by Trump loyalists Rep. Matt Gaetz and Rep. Lauren Boebert, nine GOP lawmakers trooped into the courtroom to back the party’s presumptive presidential nominee. "We are 100% behind him!" Boebert tweeted. https://t.co/4aKy9NTIdx
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) heckled outside Manhattan courthouse while defending former President Trump at hush money trial. https://t.co/37XvSNL6CU
At least nine Republican lawmakers including Reps. Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, Andy Biggs, traveled to New York to appear in court alongside former President Trump on Thursday, the latest in a string of GOP lawmakers to attend the hush money trial. https://t.co/RJSBaFz7Gg
"This is a scam, it is a sham, it is a show, and we are here to expose every bit of it, Mr. President, we stand with you." Rep. @laurenboebert and Rep. @mattgaetz speak outside of the Trump New York trial. https://t.co/IuCCXyfu7Z
Rep. Lauren Boebert attends Donald Trump’s hush money trial, taking front-row seat in show of support https://t.co/gaG2ddsurD
NEW: @MattGaetz and @realAnnaPaulina Luna head to court with Trump “Standing back and standing by, Mr. President." https://t.co/kadoQde4Js
.@RepBoebert says, "Mr. President, we stand with you" Republican legislators including @MattGaetz and @RepBoebert held a press conference Thursday morning in support of President Trump as he faces political persecution in NYC court WATCH: https://t.co/gfC1hlM6KC https://t.co/BSZBifp753
Matt Gaetz, 8 other GOP lawmakers attend Trump trial in New York City. Follow: @AFpost https://t.co/1MYAm3if93
BREAKING IN NEW YORK: Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) Blasts Corrupt Judge Juan Merchan and Michael Cohen's Lies in Fiery House Freedom Caucus Speech Outside Trump Courtroom. WATCH "Well, I'm honored to be here with my colleagues from the House Freedom Caucus,… https://t.co/pfCmURsb5w
Matt Gaetz: “This is a made up crime. No other American in the country would be charged with this type of crime. It’s like the Mr. Potato Head doll of crimes, where they had to stick together a bunch of things that did not belong together.” https://t.co/IUmPlCBtug
Matt Gaetz: “This is like the Mr. Potato Head of crimes, where they had to stick together a bunch of things that did not belong together!” https://t.co/vF3O2xj1Wj
Republican legislators including @MattGaetz and @RepBoebert held a press conference Thursday morning in support of President Trump as he faces political persecution in the New York justice system WATCH the complete press event on Real America's Voice: https://t.co/gfC1hlLyV4 https://t.co/Pt8xszNVit
.@RepBoebert says, "Mr. President, we stand with you" Republican legislators including @MattGaetz and Lauren Boebert held a press conference Thursday morning in support of President Trump as he faces political persecution in NYC court WATCH: https://t.co/gfC1hlLyV4 https://t.co/E6Z7ShIgoB
BOEBERT AND GAETZ SUPPORT TRUMP AT HUSH MONEY TRIAL Reps. Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz attended Trump's criminal hush money trial in New York, to show support. Boebert took to X, questioning the judge's daughter's involvement in Democratic campaigns. Gaetz echoed Trump's… https://t.co/mJikdMBEVM https://t.co/LE3EC9lbRi
NY v. Trump: House GOP firebrands flank Trump outside Manhattan courtroom https://t.co/1UoXmxvf8q
Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Lauren Boebert of Colorado attended former President Donald Trump's criminal trial Thursday, making them the latest Republican allies to show support for the presumptive GOP nominee as he campaigns from the courthouse. https://t.co/wISehsApkj
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), no stranger to legal trouble himself, is in attendance today at Trump's trial. https://t.co/QWHTLds7FB
Members of Congress at the courthouse with Trump today: Rep. Mike Waltz Rep. Bob Good Rep. Diana Harshbarger Rep. Matt Gaetz Rep. Andy Biggs Rep. Eli Crane Rep. Ralph Norman Rep. Lauren Boebert Rep. Michael Cloud Rep. Andy Ogles Rep. Anna Paulina Luna
Matt Gaetz, who is here in the courtroom today, sitting next to Eric Trump in the first row, offers a callback to Trump's message to the Proud Boys in his first 2020 debate https://t.co/CZ5ZL7qGs8
At least nine GOP lawmakers have traveled to New York to appear in court alongside former President Trump—which could be a problem for Republicans https://t.co/MNQ6is9dEQ
House Republicans with former President Trump at his NYC trial today include Freedom Caucus Chair Good and Reps. Biggs, Boebert, Cloud, Crane Gaetz, Harshbarger, Luna, Norman, Ogles and Waltz https://t.co/JfaCZ4Ipop https://t.co/kwwzOJrlKG
BREAKING: Trump Addresses the Nation Outside Manhattan Courthouse, Joined by Reps. Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, Mike Waltz, Andy Biggs, Ralph Norman, Bob Good, Michael Cloud, Anna Paulina Luna, Andy Ogles, Diana Harshbarger, and Eli Crane. WATCH https://t.co/Ghao2tRzMq
🚨 FROM INSIDE THE TRUMP COURTROOM: Reps. Gaetz, Luna, Boebert, Good, Crane, and Biggs Thanks for standing with our President! 🇺🇸 https://t.co/BwlsGxt14N