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RFK Jr., A Lifelong Democrat, Defends Trump Over Verdict: ‘Profoundly Undemocratic,’ ‘Will Backfire’

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended former President Donald Trump on Thursday after a jury in a deep blue part of the country returned a guilty verdict against him. The case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — who is backed by Democrat megadonor George Soros — has been controversial from the start …

PresidentialcandidateRobertF.KennedyJr.defendedformerPresidentDonaldTrumponThursdayafterajuryinadeepbluepartofthecountryreturnedaguiltyverdictagainsthim. ThecasebroughtbyManhattanDistrictAttorneyAlvinBragg—whoisbackedbyDemocratmegadonorGeorgeSoros—hasbeencontroversialfromthestartandhasremainedsothroughoutwithnearlyeveryfacetshowingwhatcriticsandvariouslegalexpertshaveallegedisbiasagainsttheformerpresident,includingthejudgewhopresidedoverthecase,thelegaltheoryusedtobringthecharges,theinstructionsgiventojurorsfordeliberations,andmore. RFKJr.—alifelongDemocratwhoonlyrecentlybecameanIndependentbecausehewasunabletoovertakeBidenastheDemocratParty’snominee—saidthattheparty’sentireplantosto