Dozens of GOP politicians defend Trump outside his hush money trial

GOP politicians are flocking to Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York to show support, with some hoping for a spot on his presidential ticket.

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00:00You know, we're in New York City and we're watching the persecution of a patriot.

00:08I'm here because I've known Donald Trump a long time. I knew him before I was governor.

00:13I consider him a friend. And what he is going through is just despicable.

00:30I think one thing that we've all known is this was a sham trial, but when you have an

00:53opportunity to see it up close. This is garbage. That is the best proof that you have that if

01:04they're going to get him going or get him coming, it's damned if you do, damned if you don't. This

01:08is a sham. These are politically motivated trials and they are a disgrace. It is election interference.

01:23It's very simple. This is, as the sign says, political persecution. No man should have to

01:34go through what President Trump is sitting through. And if President Trump just went away,

01:38this would all go away as well. They do not want him to be in this race. They

01:42know that he is the number one candidate for president of the United States.