Republicans join Trump's attacks on justice sytem - Campaign of vengeance on after guilty verdict

WASHINGTON AP) Embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the United States justice system after his historic guilty verdict, Republicans in US Congress are fervently enlisting themselves in his campaign of vengeance and political retribution in the GOP bid to reclaim the White House.

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Almost no Republican official has stood up to suggest that Trump should not be the party’s presidential candidate for the November election – in fact, some have sought to hasten his nomination.

Few others dared to defend the legitimacy of the New York state court that heard the hush money case against the former president, or the 12 jurors who unanimously rendered their verdict.

In fact, any Republican who has expressed doubt about Trump’s innocence or political viability, including his former hawkish national security adviser John Bolton or top-tier Senate candidate Larry Hogan, were instantly bullied by the former president’s enforcers and told to “leave the party.”

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that she is voting for Trump “whether he is a free man or a prisoner of the Biden regime.”