South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem defended former President Donald Trump over the weekend against the criminal trial that he is facing in New York City.
Noem made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union” just ahead of this week’s opening statements in court for Trump’s trial where he is accused of falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment.
“My hope is that all Americans can trust our judicial system, and that’s really what this case will prove out,” she said. “I think it’s a little ridiculous that they have waited years to bring these types of charges against Donald Trump. If they wanted to make these kinds of charges against him, they should have done it years ago, when this happened. To do it conveniently during a presidential election, when he’s campaigning to return to the White House, I think it proves…
