Marjorie Taylor Greene, other Georgia Republicans rush to embattled Trump’s defense

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks as she offers an amendment as the House Rules Committee prepared the bipartisan Senate gun bill for the House floor at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and other state Republicans have rushed to former President Donald Trump’s defense, some of them speaking out before the indictments were unsealed Tuesday afternoon.

Greene and her retinue made their way through a New York City street swarming with photographers, protesters and counter-protesters Tuesday morning, pushing their way to a park bench, where she grabbed a megaphone and proclaimed Trump’s innocence.

Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday afternoon to 34 New York state felony offenses related to alleged hush-money payments.