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Piers Morgan came to Donald Trump’s defence after he became the first president in US history to be convicted.
On Thursday (May 30), a jury in Republican politician Donald Trump’s hush money trial found him guilty on all charges, making him the first convicted felon to run for the White House.
Stars including Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand and Stephen King reacted to the news and expressed their joy shortly after the verdict was announced.
But one person isn’t happy with the outcome: announcer Morgan.
Morgan, who interviewed Trump for the last time in 2022, shortly after his guilty verdict was handed down. X/I wrote on Twitter“Today is a sad, shameful and absurd day for America.
“To put a former president who is running for president again on a criminal trial for such a minor matter feels like a huge overreach, highly divisive and clearly politically partisan.”
His comments were met with shock from his followers, with one asking: “Are you serious?”
“No this is a great happy day for America and the rule of law,” another wrote. “No one is above the law and he is the first ex-president to be convicted.”
Follower Chris Wozney responded: “…or he’s a felon who committed a crime, was duly accused, and convicted by a jury of his peers using actual evidence, not MAGA gaslighting.”
In April, Morgan voiced his views on the trial, saying Trump should risk arrest and miss the trial by attending his son’s graduation. “America, have you lost your mind? What a disgrace to a former president,” he said on his talk TV show.
Morgan also said he believes if Trump is convicted, he will “almost certainly” win the next election, and after news of the verdict broke, the station claimed “Trump’s donation sites were down,” adding, “My guess is that this verdict will put him back in the White House.”
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Trump was convicted in October 2016 of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 payment he made to adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged affair with him in 2006. He denied the affair and pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges.
Speaking about the verdict as he left the courthouse, Trump said “I am completely innocent” and called the trial “rigged” and “disgraceful.”
Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, four days before he is due to become the Republican Party’s official presidential nominee.
But CNN chief legal analyst Laura Coates said prosecutors said the crimes were committed with the intent to commit or cover up other crimes — election conspiracy, campaign finance violations and tax violations — so the charges have been “elevated” from misdemeanors to Class E felony charges, meaning Trump could face more than 10 years in prison.
