GOP Lawmakers Are All-In on Trump—a Conviction Be Damned

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted four times for 91 felonies, and he is scheduled to begin his first criminal trial on Monday—a trial in which he’s likely to be convicted.

But for GOP lawmakers in Congress, the fact that their soon-to-be presidential nominee may soon be a convicted felon is no cause for concern. If anything, these Republicans told The Daily Beast, their only concern is that a Trump conviction would be a signal of a corrupt justice system.

“You get an alleged conviction on BS charges in front of a judge that is not impartial and that’s supposed to sway my mind?” Trump acolyte Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) told The Daily Beast. “Man, I’m bigger than that. I don’t worry about that kind of stupid stuff.”

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