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Moderate GOP Susan Collins Criticizes ‘Political Underpinnings’ of Trump Trial, Expects ‘Protracted Appeals Process’
Breitbart ^ | 05/30/2024 | KRISTINA WONG

Posted on 05/31/2024 6:49:01 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a moderate who has split with former President Donald Trump in the past, joined the ranks of his supporters Wednesday after the jury in the Manhattan business records trial returned a guilty verdict.

She said in a statement:

It is fundamental to our American system of justice that the government prosecutes cases because of alleged criminal conduct regardless of who the defendant happens to be. In this case the opposite has happened. The district attorney, who campaigned on a promise to prosecute Donald Trump, brought these charges precisely because of who the defendant was rather than because of any specified criminal conduct. The political underpinnings of this case further blur the lines between the judicial system and the electoral system, and this verdict likely will be the subject of a protracted appeals process.

Sen. Susan Collins’s (R-Maine) reaction to Trump guilty verdict: pic.twitter.com/hTB6dm4ljo

— Alex Bolton (@alexanderbolton) May 31, 2024

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: collins; trial; trump; underpinnings
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Moderate Republican = Liberal Democrat


21 posted on 05/31/2024 7:56:48 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Huskrrrr

Significant understatement.


22 posted on 05/31/2024 8:13:47 AM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m wondering how a “Re-Elect Senator Preston Brooks” bumper sticker would sell...?


23 posted on 05/31/2024 8:37:51 AM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: dfwgator

Nikki’s warming up for the Trump veep slide in accordance with these uniparty fronts. So why exactly are the RINOs pitching the appeal salvation?


24 posted on 05/31/2024 8:41:37 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Where have all these rinos been for ever?A grandstand plat if we ever saw one...


25 posted on 05/31/2024 9:51:41 AM PDT by skinny old man (Still lurking and posting after all these years(27 yrs ?)(more ?)(seems like more...))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hopes for a protracted Appeals process. That will NOT happen. Surprises in the works.


26 posted on 05/31/2024 10:22:35 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: dfwgator

Commanding NATO troops for the UN of EU land..telling Israel to wipe out all Palestinians.

What a horrible war mongering loser Haley is. Nothing real about her, not her marriage, not her Sikhdom, not her campaign nor her beliefs. Opportunist written in Hindi all over he face. “I wanna,wanna,wanna... gimme, gimme,gimmeee!


27 posted on 05/31/2024 10:25:37 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: Repeat Offender

With a screwed up face that shows she always knows where the fecal smell is coming from.. and directs to that to complain about it... and does NOTHING!


28 posted on 05/31/2024 10:27:26 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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