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U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, criticized the verdict on social media, calling it a “travesty of justice.”
“The Manhattan kangaroo court shows what happens when our justice system is weaponized by partisan prosecutors in front of a biased judge with an unfair process, designed to keep President Trump off the campaign trail and avoid bringing attention to President Biden’s failing radical policies,” Jordan wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman, a Democrat whose district includes Warren County, applauded the decision, posting on social media, “No one is above the law. Not even Donald Trump.”
No one is above the law. Not even Donald Trump. https://t.co/8k9MGfTIkf
— Congressman Greg Landsman (@RepGregLandsman) May 30, 2024
Republican U.S. Sen. JD Vance on social media called the verdict “a disgrace to the rule of law and our Constitution.”
He also accused Democrats of inventing the charges and rigging the case, calling the verdict “election interference,” and asking for donations for Trump’s campaign.
The Dayton Unit NAACP reacted positively to the verdict.
In a statement, unit president Derrick Foward said, “It’s about time someone stood up with a backbone against [Trump]” and “The American people have witnessed history today with their own eyes with justice prevailing at this time.”
Foward also said that the sentencing “will speak for itself,” but added that our democracy is still in peril and people need to stay focused on voting in the November election.
U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Troy, whose district includes Butler, Darke, Miami and Preble counties, quoted French economist Frederic Bastiat saying, “The law, I say, not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose! The law become the weapon of every kind of greed!” He echoed other Republican claims that the case was a result of “weaponization” of the judicial system against Trump and called for an appeal to be filed and heard quickly.
“The law, I say, not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose! The law become the weapon of every kind of greed! Instead of checking crime, the law itself guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish!”, observed Frederic Bastiat.
— Warren Davidson 🇺🇸 (@WarrenDavidson) May 30, 2024
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Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Carey, whose district includes parts of Miami and Clark counties, said that the verdict “is proof that these charges were always political,” and said that “voters, not a judge will decide the next election.”
State Rep. Allison Russo, who is the leader of the Ohio House Democrats and whose district is in the Columbus area, said, “Ohio Republican leaders frantically posting about rigged investigations and prosecutions is not quite landing with me today when many just voted to give massive investigative and prosecutorial power to their hyper-political AG to preempt citizen-led ballot initiatives.”
Bernie Moreno, Republican candidate in Ohio for U.S. Senate, called Trump’s conviction “a dark day for American democracy.”
“This verdict is representative of a banana republic, not a democracy,” said Moreno.
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