{"id":2244136,"date":"2024-05-14T10:59:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T14:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/team-trump-allies-of-the-former-president-accompanying-him-to-hush-money-trial\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:01:28","slug":"team-trump-allies-of-the-former-president-accompanying-him-to-hush-money-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/team-trump-allies-of-the-former-president-accompanying-him-to-hush-money-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Trump: Former president&#8217;s allies join him at hush money trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteam-trump-allies-of-the-former-president-accompanying-him-to-hush-money-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2244136&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President\u200b Donald Trump gathers key GOP figures in Manhattan for \u200chis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-trial-set-for-march-25\/\" title=\"Trump's hush money trial scheduled for March 25\">hush money trial<\/a> as Michael Cohen testifies. \u200cThe \u200dtrial has become\u2063 a hub for\u2063 Republicans supporting Trump. \u2062Notable attendees include Sens. Scott, Tuberville, Vance, and Rep. Malliotakis. Among them, Speaker Mike Johnson seeks Trump&#8217;s backing to maintain his leadership role, while Gov. Burgum eyes\u2063 a partnership with Trump, and Rep. Donalds is considered\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-reveals-2024-running-mate-could-be-one-of-his-gop-opponents\/\" title=\"Trump hints at potential 2024 running mate from GOP rivals.\">potential running \u2063mate<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is bringing a posse of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">key GOP players<\/a> to his Manhattan hush money trial on Tuesday as Michael Cohen is set to testify for a second day.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has made his hush money trial a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3002667\/new-mar-a-lago-republicans-trump-loyalty-pilgrimage-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"new destination\">new destination<\/a> for Republicans to gather to show their support for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. Attendees to Trump\u2019s trial have included Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and J.D. Vance (R-OH), along with Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), among others.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Republicans flanking Trump on Tuesday \u2014 and why they may have made the trip to the Big Apple.<\/p>\n<h2>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-drags-on-johnson-speaker-threat-as-gop-tires-of-silliness\/\" title=\"MTG prolongs Johnson speaker challenge as GOP grows weary of 'nonsense\">news conference amid threats<\/a> that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, is threatening to oust Johnson from his leadership post at the Capitol in Washington on May 7, 2024. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Johnson easily survived a motion to vacate last week, weeks after appearing alongside Trump in Mar-a-Lago to announce election integrity legislation. He has had Trump\u2019s tentative backing since winning the speakership in October, and he looks to keep it if he is to remain the top Republican in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Trump supported Johnson in Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s (R-GA) bid to oust the House speaker, saying that he is a \u201cgood man who is trying very hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND)<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump shakes hands with Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) before he speaks at a caucus night rally in Las Vegas on Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo\/Mark J. Terrill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Burgum ran against Trump in the Republican presidential primary, but he now appears to be a candidate in the race to be Trump\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>The North Dakota governor is not running for reelection in the Peace Garden State and has been floated for a Cabinet position in a future Trump administration or as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">vice presidential candidate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum\u2019s visit to the courthouse on Tuesday adds to his recent cavalcade of appearances alongside and supporting Trump.<\/p>\n<h2>Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL)<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump embraces Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL, left) after speaking at the Black Conservative Federation\u2019s Annual BCF Honors Gala at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, South Carolina, on Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Donalds is another Republican who has been floated as a potential running mate for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Republican has been spotted alongside Trump at various campaign events, including an event earlier this month at Mar-a-Lago where various potential vice presidential candidates assembled to state their case.<\/p>\n<p>A potential hurdle for Donalds, and any other Florida vice presidential nominees, is the Constitution. The 12th Amendment stipulates that the presidential or vice presidential candidate must be from a different state than the electors. If Trump, a Florida resident, picks a Florida running mate, he would have to sacrifice the state\u2019s 30 electoral votes.<\/p>\n<h2>Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL)<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Cory Mills speaks during a press conference with House Republicans and families of hostages being held in Gaza at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 7, 2023. (AP Photo\/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mills, another Florida Republican, has not been viewed as a top candidate for Trump\u2019s running mate, but he has shown himself to be an ally to the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Mills <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2999579\/cory-mills-files-impeachment-joe-biden-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"introduced\">introduced<\/a> an article of impeachment against President Joe Biden over his decision to delay military aid to Israel.<\/p>\n<h2>Vivek Ramaswamy<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump embraces former candidate Vivek Ramaswamy at a campaign event in Atkinson, New Hampshire, on Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ramaswamy has been floated as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis becoming major voice for GOP\">vice presidential pick<\/a> for Trump, but reports have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-03-18\/trump-rules-out-ramaswamy-as-running-mate-as-he-eyes-new-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"suggested\">suggested<\/a> that the former presidential candidate may have been ruled out by the former president.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other reports have suggested the avid Trump supporter may be a leading candidate to be a member of Trump\u2019s Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s hush money trial is expected to continue over the coming weeks. It is the first of four likely criminal trials the former president is facing as he runs for a second term in the White House.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump is accompanied by key GOP figures at his Manhattan hush money trial, with Michael Cohen testifying for a second day. Republicans are rallying around Trump, making the trial a focal point to display their support for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2244137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24135495795375-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2244136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24135495795375-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2244136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2244137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}