U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) has called on New York Governor Kathy Hochul to pardon the party’s leading political rival after former President Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts in a highly questionable Manhattan trial. Phillips, who launched a last-minute bid to challenge President Biden for the Democratic nomination, believes that a pardon would help to heal partisan divides.
“Donald Trump is a serial liar, cheater, and philanderer, a six-time declarer of corporate bankruptcy, an instigator of insurrection, and a convicted felon who thrives on portraying himself as a victim,” Phillips wrote in an X post. “@GovKathyHochul should pardon him for the good of the country.”
President Biden would be able to pardon Trump in a federal matter, though Trump’s conviction in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s highly questionable “hush money” case falls under the purview of the New York governor.
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Hochul has indicated that she has no intention of issuing a pardon, however. “Today’s verdict reaffirms that no one is above the law,” Hochul wrote in a statement shortly after the verdict was announced on Thursday.
Phillips’ call for a pardon largely fell on deaf ears