Senate GOP leaders won’t follow Johnson to Trump’s Manhattan trial

Published May 14, 2024 9:24pm ET



The Senate’s top Republicans have no plans to visit former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York following an appearance by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

For two weeks, a spate of Republicans, from vice presidential hopefuls to rank-and-file lawmakers, have traveled to the Manhattan courthouse to accuse the judge and prosecutors of political bias as Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up an alleged affair. 

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