Senator Mitt Romney criticizes Bragg of the Democrats for the trial against Trump

Senator Mitt Romney of Utah said the Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg should have settled the case against former President Donald Trump, but instead made a “political decision” to proceed with a trial. Romney called the Democrats’ actions “political malpractice.”

Trump was found guilty by a Manhattan court of falsifying company records after labeling payments to an adult film actress as legal fees ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Romney, a frequent critic of Trump, commented on the trial McKay Coppinsa writer for The Atlantic who wrote a biography of Romney.

“Bragg should have settled the case against Trump, as would have been normal procedure. But he made a political decision,” Romney said, according to Coppins. “Bragg may have won the battle for now, but he may also have lost the political war. Democrats think they can put out the Trump fire with oxygen. It is political malpractice.”

The 34 felony charges against Trump were brought by Bragg using a novel legal approach that tied the payments to Trump’s run for president. This turned what would normally be a misdemeanor into misdemeanors.

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig called the case against Trump a “Frankenstein case” in a New York magazine article because it linked a state-level crime to state and federal tax and election laws.

“Prosecutors got their man, at least for now — but they also twisted the law in unprecedented ways in their quest to snare their prey,” he wrote.

Romney previously said he believed President Joe Biden should have pardoned Trump.

“You may not agree with this, but if I were President Biden, I would have immediately pardoned him when the Justice Department filed charges. I would have pardoned President Trump,” Romney told MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle. “Why? Well, because it makes me, President Biden, the great man and the person I pardoned, a little man.”

Trump and his legal team have said they will appeal the conviction after he is convicted on July 11, four days before the start of the Republican National Convention. Trump also faces charges related to his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election and for his handling of classified documents.