Terming the Trump verdict outrageous and disgraceful, something that parallels what happens in countries like Nicaragua, Congressman Chris Smith said he feels confident the verdict will be overturned on an appeal.
The Congressman issued a brief statement shortly after a New York judge found Presidential candidate Donald Trump guilty of 34 counts in a trial that many feel was filled with flaws and illegalities.
Smith said “Today this wrongful conviction of President Trump, prosecuted by an absolutely biased Democrat district attorney and presided over by an equally politicized judge, tells all Americans and the world that justice in America can, and today has been, exploited in an attempt to destroy a political opponent…” The Congressman noted its similarities to Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega jailing all his presidential opponents on bogus charges and wondered whether President Biden or his Justice Department were complicit in any way in “this political witch hunt.”
Smith said while he feels confident Trump would win on an appeal, it would not occur before the November election, charging “that is precisely what the architects of this 11th hour abuse of power are hoping for.”
