| HARTFORD – Today, Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff responded to the statement released by Senate Republican Leader Stephen Harding and House Republican Leader Vincent Candelora on the unanimous verdict against Donald Trump:
“Let’s be clear about what happened. Law enforcement professionals conducted this investigation. Career prosecutors brought the indictment. A jury of Donald Trump’s peers, selected with input from him and his lawyers, convicted the former President.
“A unanimous verdict on 34 felony counts means that the jury made 408 separate decisions to find Donald Trump guilty. There was not even one count where Trump had a single juror dissent in his favor.
“Yesterday’s statement by the highest ranking Republicans in the Connecticut General Assembly was reckless and seeks to undermine confidence in our judicial system. We are troubled to see Republican legislative leaders side with election deniers and play into Trump’s dangerous accusation that the process is rigged.
“Donald Trump is rightfully a convicted felon. Any statement to the contrary is a dangerous attack on our Constitution and the principles of American democracy. No one is above the law and we were all better off when that was something both political parties believed in.
“Democrats remain focused on continuing to fight for our constituents – more jobs, stronger economy, lower prices and a better life for those we serve. We will always put the people of Connecticut before the political interests of one man.” |
