South Carolina Republican senator turned Trump booster Tim Scott struggled to defend the former president’s threats of revenge on CNN on Thursday night after the latter was found guilty on all 34 counts by the jury at his New York hush money trial.
Scott was interviewed by anchor Abby Phillip in the wake of the verdict, which saw the 45th president become the first in American history to be convicted of a crime after the jury unanimously agreed that he had falsified business records to hide a $130,000 payout to the adult film star Stormy Daniels in October 2016 to ensure her silence over an alleged sexual encounter, which might have jeopardised his election prospects had it become public knowledge.
