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Trump 2024

Senate Republicans Say They’re Not Watching Donald Trump’s Criminal Trial

The former president’s first criminal trial is underway and could define the future of Republican Party leadership, but don’t expect the congressional GOP to speak to the proceedings.

Ron Johnson

“I haven’t been looking at the trials at all,” Sen. Ron Johnson said. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

By Calen Razor

April 19, 2024 02:01 p.m.

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