Former Colorado Rep. Buck says Trump verdict sets a 'dangerous precedent'

Former GOP Colorado Congressman Ken Buck said that the recent verdict in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump sets a dangerous precedent. 

“This is a dangerous precedent. If you don’t think Republican D.A.s and the Republican attorney general is going to turn this around, they will,” Buck said during an interview with Bill Maher, according to The Hill. “And what I saw in Congress was I saw two impeachments that were unwarranted and the Democrats talking about that after the fact.”  

A New York jury found Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records during his 2016 presidential bid to conceal a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with her.

Trump, who also is the 2024 presumptive GOP presidential nominee, now becomes the first U.S. president to be found guilty of felony crimes.

Buck retired from Congress earlier this year and has been a frequent critic of the 45th president. 

He predicted that Trump likely won't face prison time. His sentencing is set for July 11.

“I don’t think he goes to jail on a white-collar crime like this. I just don’t think that’s the sentence,” Buck said. “If you look at the sentencing history for crimes like this in Manhattan, I just don’t think he gets jail time.”