Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) defended former President Donald Trump over the weekend after a Manhattan jury convicted him on numerous felony counts last week in what many have said was a politically-motivated prosecution.
Cotton made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” with guest host Peter Alexander.
“I disagree with the jury’s verdict here,” Cotton said. “A jury can only act within the constraints that a judge puts on it, and this case was rigged from the very beginning. You had Alvin Bragg, who campaigned on getting Donald Trump. You had the judge, who’s a literal Biden donor, and at every turn he ruled in favor of the prosecution. But as Donald Trump said, the real verdict is going to come on Election Day, and it’s going to come from the American people.”
Cotton noted that the judge “introduced evidence that was highly, highly…
