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.”

  • @[email protected]
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    78 months ago

    “My plea is to the people of Manhattan that may sit on this trial: Please do the right thing for this country."

    He is clearly stating that his intended audience is the jurers. How is that not communicating with them?

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      78 months ago

      Because guilty, appeal, guilty, appeal, scotus something something free speech, dismissed.

      I’d bet money on it if it ever comes to point. This should be a slam dunk but we don’t live in those times anymore. The law has become a weapon that’s applied and dismissed on a whim.

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      68 months ago

      Yeah. Hard to deny who he intended to speak to when he states who he’s publicly speaking to knowing the clip will be put on TV…