{"id":2256775,"date":"2024-05-31T13:51:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-calls-for-supreme-court-to-step-in-and-overturn-trump-verdict\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T13:51:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:51:52","slug":"speaker-johnson-calls-for-supreme-court-to-step-in-and-overturn-trump-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-calls-for-supreme-court-to-step-in-and-overturn-trump-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Johnson urges Supreme Court to intervene and reverse Trump verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fspeaker-johnson-calls-for-supreme-court-to-step-in-and-overturn-trump-verdict%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=2256775&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>House Speaker Mike\u2064 Johnson (R-LA)\u2064 urged the Supreme Court to intervene after Donald Trump was convicted on \u206334\u2062 counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-grand-jury-makes-decision-on-trump-indictment-for-jan-6\/\" title=\"Breaking: Grand Jury reaches decision on Trump's Jan. 6 indictment.\">falsifying business \u200drecords<\/a>. \u200bThe Speaker deemed the verdict &#8220;absurd&#8221; \u200cand &#8220;dangerous,&#8221; emphasizing the unprecedented nature of the\u200d situation. Johnson&#8217;s call for Supreme Court action was made in response\u200d to the conviction. \u200cHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called on the \u2064Supreme Court to intervene following Donald Trump&#8217;s conviction on 34 counts \u200dof falsifying business records. Johnson criticized the verdict as &#8220;absurd&#8221; and\u200b &#8220;dangerous,&#8221; highlighting the unprecedented circumstances. His plea for Supreme Court involvement stemmed \u200cfrom the gravity of\u200b the conviction.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) called on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a> to step in after former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump <\/a>was found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guilty<\/a> of 34 counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3023600\/three-things-know-what-happens-next-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">falsifying business records<\/a>, a verdict he called \u201cabsurd\u201d and \u201cdangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do believe the Supreme Court should step in, obviously, this is totally unprecedented, and it\u2019s dangerous to our system,\u201d Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2437293&#038;userid=11311&#038;loginid=9421&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=874d0fb29a7a155128106172547e6f44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> Fox News\u2019s <em>Fox and Friends<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve all discussed this before, and y\u2019all talk about it all the time \u2014 this is diminishing the American people\u2019s faith in our system of justice itself,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">speaker<\/a> added.<\/p>\n<p>To preserve a republic, citizens must believe that they live in a society where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merrick-garland-pledges-to-investigate-prosecute-capitol-rioters\/\" title=\"Merrick Garland Pledges To Investigate, Prosecute Capitol Rioters\">equal justice<\/a> is protected under the law, said Johnson, a constitutional lawyer and former litigator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t see that right now, and I think that the justices on the court, I know many of them personally, I think they\u2019re deeply concerned about that, as we are,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think they\u2019ll set this straight, but it\u2019s going to take a while,\u201d Johnson said. \u201c\u2026 The process takes a while to play out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are fully aware of how long this process could drag out and desire to continue what many perceive as an attack on their political opposition as long as possible, according to the speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to bankrupt Donald Trump,\u201d he said. \u201cThey want to diminish his credibility and go after his character. They wanted to keep him off the campaign trail, which they were successful in doing for many weeks, and now they want to call him the convicted felon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite these relentless attacks, the verdict against Trump will be overturned, according to Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no question about it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just going to take some time to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) urged the Supreme Court to intervene following former President Donald Trump&#8217;s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records. Johnson labeled the verdict as &#8220;absurd&#8221; and &#8220;dangerous&#8221; and emphasized the unprecedented nature of the situation, stating it poses a threat to the system. 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