Numerous rumored top Republican vice presidential candidates reacted strongly to the guilty verdict in the controversial criminal trial against former President Donald Trump on Thursday, warning that the case sets a dangerous precedent for the country.
The decision is the culmination of a weeks-long courtroom battle in which Trump said that he was the target of a “political persecution” — a point that was seemingly validated when President Joe Biden sent his campaign to hold a political event outside the courthouse this week as he runs another campaign for a second term in the White House. The former president was found guilty on all 34 charges brought in the hush-money trial.
“Absolute injustice. This erodes our justice system,” said Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) in a post on X that included a video of him slamming Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is backed by Democrat…
