Senior Republicans ‘backing’ Trump after conviction

Sky News Washington Correspondent Annelise Nielsen says senior Republicans are “backing” Donald Trump following the former president being found guilty on all 34 counts in his New York hush money case. Sentencing is set for July 11. “What we have seen in senior Republicans backing Donald Trump in,” Ms Nielsen told Sky News host James Morrow. “We’ve seen Mike Johnson immediately put out a statement criticising this entire case and calling it an abuse of power; we’ve seen Tim Scott … who’s widely touted as being one of his top picks for Vice-President, putting a very fierce statement out criticising this.”