Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., showing his support in New York City during former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial, said he traveled to the proceedings because he considers Trump a friend and believes what “he is going through is just despicable.”

While several other Republican lawmakers have voiced their support for Trump, Scott, a fellow Floridian, is thought to be the first joining him at the Manhattan courthouse. He sat in the courtroom’s front row while testimony continued from adult film star Stormy Daniels, reports Politico.

Scott’s appearance could help Trump in his reelection bid, as Florida’s polling shows Trump leading President Joe Biden, and also allowed him to voice Trump’s comments on the trial without being subject to Judge Juan Merchan’s gag order.

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