
Following Donald Trump's historic guilty verdict, Republicans in Congress have aligned themselves with his strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system as they join his campaign for vengeance and political retribution in a bid to reclaim the White House.
Republican officials have overwhelmingly supported Trump as the party's presidential candidate for the upcoming election, with some even expediting his nomination process. Few have defended the legitimacy of the New York state court that handled the hush money case against the former president or the jury that delivered the unanimous guilty verdict.