Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., showing his support in New York City during former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial, said he traveled to the proceedings because he considers Trump a friend and believes what “he is going through is just despicable.”
While several other Republican lawmakers have voiced their support for Trump, Scott, a fellow Floridian, is thought to be the first joining him at the Manhattan courthouse. He sat in the courtroom’s front row while testimony continued from adult film star Stormy Daniels, reported Politico.
Scott’s appearance could help Trump in his reelection bid, as Florida’s polling shows Trump leading President Joe Biden, and also allowed him to voice Trump’s comments on the trial without being subject to Judge Juan Merchan’s gag order.
“I’m here because I have known Donald Trump a long time,” Scott told reporters during a break in the proceedings. “I knew him before I was governor. I consider him a friend.”
He also suggested that the charges against Trump are politically motivated, telling reporters Matthew Colangelo, one of the prosecutors, is a former Justice Department employee. He also spoke out against members of Merchan’s family.
Scott’s reelection campaign senior adviser, Chris Hartline, said Trump and Scott have known each other for over 25 years and speak regularly, but noted that their relationship is “not just a political alliance” but a friendship that started “before either of them were in office.”
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