Representative Byron Donalds pleaded with potential jurors in Trump’s hush-money trial to vote “not guilty.”

Representative Byron Donalds pleaded with potential jurors in Trump’s hush-money trial to vote “not guilty.”

The Republican Party is all in on Donald Trump, so much so that at least one representative is trying to sway his legal proceedings.

Ahead of the start of the Republican presidential pick’s first criminal trial on Monday, Representative Byron Donalds pleaded with the people of Manhattan to give his party leader a break.

“My plea is to the people of Manhattan that may sit on this trial: Please do the right thing for this country,” the Florida congressman told Newsmax. “Everybody’s allowed to have their political viewpoints, but the law is supposed to be blind and no respecter of persons. This is a trash case, there is no crime here, and if there is any potential for a verdict, they should vote not guilty.”

  • Treczoks
    8•7 months ago

    As a lay person, I agree. If “publishing in the media” is indeed “communicating” (which I see as such), then this guy does at least attempt to tamper jurors.

    Are there any penalties involved in that law?

    • @ryrybang
      6•7 months ago

      Tampering with a juror in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.

      Class A misdemeanors carry penalties of up to 364 days in jail

    • @meco03211
      2•7 months ago

      If “publishing in the media” is indeed “communicating”

      Which it would not be otherwise all the right wing propaganda outlets that go even further would be facing serious charges that are trivial to prove.