Rhode Island, Massachusetts delegations reacts to Trump guilty verdict

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Members of Rhode Island’s and Massachusetts’ federal delegation released comments after former President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict in his hush money trail.

Rep. Seth Magaziner said Trump lacks “honest and integrity:”

Today’s verdict confirms that everyone in our country is equal under the law. We have known for years that Donald Trump lacks the honesty and integrity to hold the Oval Office, and his criminal conviction today offers yet another reason why.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, meanwhile, said Trump has shown “zero respect for the law:”

An individual who has been convicted of 34 felony counts and shows zero respect for the rule of law is not fit to lead the greatest nation in the world.  It’s only in honest courtrooms that the former president has been unable to lie and bully his way out of trouble. Americans trust juries for good reason.

Sen. Jack Reed said that Trump has a “full and fair trial:”

Today, a jury of twelve American citizens found former President Trump guilty of thirty-four felony counts. After a full and fair trial, during which all had a chance to testify, review the evidence and listen to the arguments of the defense and the prosecution, our system of justice has spoken.

Rep. Jake Auchincloss said that Republicans have nominated a “convicted felon” for president:

Republicans are voting down border security, defending insurrectionists, pushing guns into our schools, and now nominating a convicted felon for president. They aren’t the party of law and order. If Democrats seize the initiative on law and order, we’ll win elections.