Rep. Houchin reacts to Trump conviction

Calls it a "sad day in America"

(SALEM, Ind.) – United States Representative Erin Houchin is sharing a statement after a New York jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts Thursday. 

Trump is the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime. The trial was in regard to falsifying documents to cover up a payment to a silence a porn star. 

The local congresswoman says this is a sad day in America. 

“This trial and verdict should never have happened. I never imagined we would witness a former President of the United States being politically prosecuted. This is a clear miscarriage of justice, and the American people won’t forget this corrupt, two-tiered system,” U.S. Rep. Houchin said. 

“It’s a travesty that we are witnessing this level of election interference in our country. I look forward to President Trump’s appeal of this verdict and its reversal," she added.

The former president is scheduled to attend a sentencing hearing in mid-July.