As Washington gears up for a three-way Republican showdown in Congress, Democratic lawmakers have been noticeably silent after President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing, despite having previously commented on the case against him.
Trump was found guilty in May on 34 charges related to falsifying business records and was sentenced on Friday.
The president-elect has been sentenced to unconditional release, meaning he will not be sentenced to prison, fines or suspended sentences. The ruling also preserves President Trump's ability to appeal his conviction.
Democratic lawmakers responded on social media after Trump was convicted in May in a criminal court, but appeared silent after Friday's verdict, just days before the president's inauguration on Jan. 20. I showed you.
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Trump was sentenced on Friday. (Fox News)
In May, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D.N.Y.) posted on “No one is above the law,” Alexandria said, while New York's Ocasio-Cortez said: “No one is above the law.”
But Democrats appeared to be less reactive to Friday's ruling, which left Trump facing no punishment.
One Democratic lawmaker released a statement after receiving the verdict of unconditional release, claiming that “our judicial system is not just.''
Representative Jasmine Crockett argued that we have a “two-tiered justice system” in this country. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
“We have a two-tiered justice system in this country, and Donald Trump entered the White House without spending a day in jail or receiving probation after being convicted of 34 felonies. I live in a layer that I can enter. “I have clients like the one I represented as a public defender in Texas, a 17-year-old boy who was sentenced to felony probation for stealing candy from a school store,” Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett said. The congressman said in a post to X.
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“The scales are not equal,” she added.
Republicans, on the other hand, were very vocal after the ruling.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a statement: “I have absolutely no respect for the process that takes place in New York. I think the motivations of the judges and prosecutors are rife with politics.” said. “This is a sad day for America.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura)
President Trump said before the verdict that he intended to appeal the ruling.
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President Trump filed an emergency motion with the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block the Jan. 10 ruling, but the high court ultimately denied the emergency motion to block the ruling.
FOX News' Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
