(Radio Iowa) – Iowa politicians are issuing written statements this afternoon following a New York jury’s verdict that found former President Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records.

Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Marion was the first Republican up for election in November to issue a statement. Hinson said Trump will fight the verdict and Iowa Republicans must fight alongside him. Congressman Zach Nunn, a Republican from Bondurant, said the justice system was used to target Trump and the American people will have the final say on Election Day.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, who endorsed Trump in early March, said in her statement that the only verdict that matters is the one at the ballot box in November. Senator Joni Ernst, who endorsed Trump on the same day Reynolds did, said in her statement that Iowans are sick of the political perfection of Trump. The chairman of the Iowa Republican Party called the trial a political show put on by Democrats to take out a political rival.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird was in New York for Trump’s trial earlier this month.

State Auditor Rob Sand, the only Democrat serving in statewide office, says as a former prosecutor, he found juries in both liberal and conservative Iowa counties took the work seriously and Sand says the jurors in Trump’s New York trial deserve both thanks and respect.

Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Davenport and Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra of Hull have not yet issued statements reacting to today’s verdict. Miller-Meeks did post a message on social media yesterday calling the trial a sham.