Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee said chants of “lock her up” in regard to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made him “uncomfortable” and urged President Biden to refrain from starting a cycle of political lawfare in the wake of former President Trump’s guilty verdict.
“They could still do the right thing and perhaps put the genie back in the bottle,” the Republican told Fox News Digital in a Monday interview.
“There’s so many instances of reversible error in this New York conviction that [Manhattan District Attorney Alvin] Bragg’s office, and those who are handling this case on appeal could, and I believe, should confess error on appeal and walk away from the whole thing and leave it alone,” he said.
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Republican senators, led by Mike Lee, R-Utah, said they won’t allow the Senate to function and accomplish Democrat priorities after former President Trump’s guilty verdict. (Getty Images)
Last month, Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records by a New York jury.
Lee led several Republican colleagues on a pledge, vowing not to comply with their Democrat counterparts in the Senate after the verdict.
“Strongly worded statements are not enough. Those who turned our judicial system into a political cudgel must be held accountable. We are no longer cooperating with any Democrat legislative priorities or nominations, and we invite all concerned Senators to join our stand,” he announced at the time.
According to the senator, “We can’t, in the wake of that conviction, pretend that nothing has happened – Pretend that this is just now going to be business as usual.”
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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee markup hearing on Nov. 30, 2023. (Bill Clark)
“The pledge is an attempt to harness that message,” he explained.
So far, 14 senators have joined…
