Dem Con­gress­man Calls On Hochul To Par­don Trump, Wor­ries Con­vic­tion Will ‘Result In An Elec­toral Boost’

Dem Congressman Calls On Hochul To Pardon Trump, Worries Conviction Will ‘Result In An Electoral Boost’

Rep. Dean Phillips (D‑MN) called on New York Demo­c­ra­t­ic Gov­er­nor Kathy Hochul to par­don for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump fol­low­ing his con­vic­tion in the Man­hat­tan hush-mon­ey tri­al.
Phillips, who ran for pres­i­dent in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic pri­ma­ry and was blown out by Pres­i­dent Joe Biden, argued that Trump’s guilty ver­dict will only ener­gize the Repub­li­can candidate’s base ahead of the 2024 elec­tion. Trump was con­vict­ed on Thurs­day of 34 counts of fal­si­fy­ing busi­ness records relat­ed to hush-mon­ey pay­ments sent to po …