A conservative faction of Republican senators on Friday promised to place more hurdles in front of President Joe Biden and Democratic priorities as retribution for former President Donald Trump’s criminal conviction.
The vow came a day after Trump’s 34-count felony conviction by a jury in his New York hush money trial, which the GOP senators claimed was a result of the White House targeting a political opponent.
“The White House has made a mockery of the rule of law and fundamentally altered our politics in un-American ways,” reads a joint letter, led by Sen. Mike Lee (R‑UT). “As a Senate Republican conference, we are unwilling to aid and abet this White House in its project to tear this country apart.”
The Biden administration wa …