Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Prediction About Donald Trump Verdict

As the jury in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial entered its second day of deliberations, Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene predicted that a “wrongful conviction” would only help the former president return to the Oval Office.

Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, was indicted in March 2023 on 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with hush money Michael Cohen, his lawyer at the time, paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and has said the case against him is politically motivated.

Tuesday, the prosecution and defense delivered their closing arguments, and the jury began deliberations the following day.

In a Thursday post on X, formerly Twitter, the Georgia representative wrote: “We will vote for President Donald J Trump even if he’s in jail. A wrongful conviction will bring a landslide for Trump, and prove to America, Democrats are the party of corruption, communism, and tyrants.”

Greene’s post has been reshared more than 1,000 times and has received more than 5,000 likes on the platform. Newsweek has contacted Greene’s communications team for comment via email.

The U.S. Constitution does not prohibit a candidate from running for president from jail. To be eligible to hold the office of president, a candidate must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, at least 35 years of age and a U.S. resident for at least 14 years. So if Trump is convicted in the coming days, he can still run for president.

Greene, a staunch supporter of the former president, has recently come under fire from other GOP members following her failed attempt to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson. In early May, the House voted overwhelmingly to reject her motion by a margin of 359 to 43, with 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats voting against the proposal.

Greene posted on her X account about Trump’s trial Wednesday, writing, “Judge Merchan tells jurors they don’t need to unanimously agree on a verdict for him to be found GUILTY.”

In a fact-check, the AP reported that Merchan’s instructions said that for a guilty verdict, all jurors must unanimously agree to convict Trump on the charges, but they could find him guilty based on three possible “unlawful means”: falsifying business records, breaking the Federal Election Campaign Act or violations of tax laws. The jurors do not need to agree on which one, the report said.

In a criminal trial, a jury must unanimously find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If they do not submit a unanimous vote, it is considered a hung jury.

Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Newsweek Wednesday that the verdict has to be unanimous, but that the jurors “don’t have to agree on the other crime that the false business records furthered or covered up.”