A growing number of Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, have traveled to New York to support former President Donald Trump during his criminal hush money trial. Inside the courtroom, prominent figures such as Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz were seated in the front row behind Trump. Nearly a dozen House Republicans showed up, disrupting legislative business in the Capitol and sparking backlash from some House Republicans. The trial involves felony charges of falsifying business records against Trump. Republicans have also used this opportunity to attack the U.S. legal system.
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s support of former President Donald Trump during his Manhattan trial has some members of his own party apprehensive, The Hill reports. https://t.co/f3oam3YIbE https://t.co/SJOYUplGHW
.@RKSherwin explains why a parade of @GOP leaders, including House Speaker @MikeJohnson, have made appearances at @realDonaldTrump's criminal trial in New York. https://t.co/CWezTW8T7G
She pointed to House Speaker Mike Johnson and a cadre of his fellow Republicans making a pilgrimage to New York to sit in a courtroom with Mr. Trump and assail the prosecutors. https://t.co/jxDpBHdfvk
Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to appear this week at former President Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan is sparking new blowback from some House Republicans. https://t.co/k6pkPmQBEz
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
A growing list of Republicans including House Speaker Mike Johnson have joined former president Donald Trump at his Manhattan trial where he faces felony charges of falsifying business records. | By @HannaSeariac https://t.co/RiTdzlbLd7
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
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