by Misty Severi
Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman on Thursday said that he believes President-elect Donald Trump should be pardoned in his criminal case in New York because it was politically motivated.
Trump was found guilty in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records during the 2016 presidential election to hide a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels so that she would stay quiet about an alleged sexual encounter.
Fetterman said the New York case was politically motivated and that President Joe Biden should pardon Trump, since he pardoned his son Hunter Biden on Sunday. The president used the same “politically motivated” argument in Hunter Biden’s pardon.
“I think it’s undeniable that the case against Hunter Biden was really politically motivated,” the senator said on “The View.” “But I also think it’s true that the trial in New York for Trump, that was political as well too. Now, in both cases, I think a pardon is appropriate.”
Fetterman said both cases have eroded America’s confidence in the justice system, and that Democrats were supposed to be the party of criminal justice and second chances.
“We cannot allow these kinds of institutions to be weaponized against our political opponents, and it’s very clear both trials were politically motivated and weaponized on the other side,” he said. “Those kinds of charges would have never been brought unless one side could realize that they could weaponize that.”
The senator’s comments come as Trump prepares to take office in January. Trump has threatened to use the Justice Department to go after his critics and political opponents when he returns to office.
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Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.
