Mr. Tuberville similarly criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, saying he was acting as if the trial was “his Super Bowl” after Mr. Cohen pleaded guilty to a number of criminal charges. He later pointed out his past prison sentence and described him as a “serial liar.” The Republican senator also suggested that Democrats “can’t beat Trump in the voting booth, so they’re trying to beat him in the jury box.”
Referring to Cohen, Malliotakis called the trial a “sham trial” based on “convicted and disbarred perjurers,” and said Bragg was a New York police force led by drug smugglers, career criminals and immigrants. He said the focus should be on the city’s “actual crimes.”
Byrd said she came all the way to New York City to show Iowa’s “strong support” for Trump after Trump was elected the Republican presidential nominee at the January caucuses, something she observed in court today. denounced it as a “travesty”. It has no place in the courtroom. ”
Marshall also denounced the trial as a “perversion of the criminal justice system,” saying prosecutors raised further questions about Cohen’s feelings rather than linking him to any criminal offenses. He echoed Mr. Trump’s assertion that it was an effort to keep the United States away from the campaign trail. .
No one took questions after speaking to the press.
