Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) became visibly flustered and scandalized on Tuesday in a committee meeting when Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) was forced to remind him it was a jury, and not a judge, who found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in the state of New York.
"You know, I've sat here for, what, two hours, probably gonna be three or four," said Norman in the footage, which was first highlighted by Meidas Touch's Acyn Torabi. "And listening to these smokescreens that my friends on the other side of the aisle are saying. They bring up the trial of Donald Trump, a convicted felon. Really? By a judge that is a known anti-Trumper?"
"By a jury," Nadler corrected him.
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"Mr. Nadler, I've got the floor," snapped Norman. "If you're gonna interrupt — Mr. Chairman, call him down when he interrupts. It's my time, and I'll let you respond, but I'm tired of this, you talk over everybody. It's so rude of you."
Norman, a member of the far-right Freedom Caucus and one of the key figures trying to force the United States to default during debt ceiling negotiations last year, has generated controversy on previous occasions, including an incident in which he brandished a handgun during an event with constituents trying to press him on supporting safer gun laws.
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Trump was convicted of a scheme to conceal hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels as a larger plot to interfere with the 2016 election.
Trump continues to maintain his innocence in the case, and is all but certain to file an appeal to a higher court after Judge Juan Merchan hands down a sentence in July.
