Mitt Romney said Alvin Bragg's prosecution of Trump was "political malpractice." (Getty Images)
"Bragg may have won the battle, for now, but he may have lost the political war," he warned. "Democrats think they can put out the Trump fire with oxygen. It's political malpractice."
Trump was found guilty by a New York jury on Thursday on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up payments that were made to pornographic performer Stormy Daniels, who claimed she had an affair with Trump. Trump denied the affair and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
SOROS HEIR URGES DEMOCRATS TO HAMMER TRUMP AS 'CONVICTED FELON AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY'
Sen. Lisa Murkowski issued a statement on Friday reacting to Donald Trump's guilty verdict. (Getty Images)
But Murkowski avoided opining on the legitimacy of the case or verdict in her own reaction. Instead, the Alaska Republican lamented the drama and legal "baggage" that she said distracts voters from President Biden's failures.
Members of the right-wing flank of the Republican conference reacted more strongly to the guilty verdict.
Several senators signed on to a letter to the White House on Friday, led by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, in which they vowed to make the legislative process as difficult as possible for Democrats going forward.
"As a Senate Republican conference, we are unwilling to aid and abet this White House in its project to tear this country apart," the letter read.
SCHUMER URGES TRUMP ALLIES TO LET LEGAL PROCESS 'MOVE FORWARD' AFTER GUILTY VERDICT
Republican senators, led by Sen. Mike Lee, said they won't allow the Senate to function and accomplish Democratic priorities following former President Trump's guilty verdict. (Getty Images)
Trump has pledged to appeal the verdict.
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Romney previously suggested President Biden had made a mistake in not opting to pardon Trump, his political opponent. "You may disagree with this, but had I been President Biden, when the Justice Department brought on indictments, I would have immediately pardoned him," Romney said in a mid-May interview on MSNBC.
"I'd have pardoned President Trump. Why? Well, because it makes me, President Biden, the big guy and the person I pardoned a little guy," the senator added.
Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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