Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) came on CNN Friday to defend former President Donald Trump over his felony conviction for falsified business records in New York, and was greeted with a blunt fact-check from anchor Phil Mattingly. Scott, widely considered to be a close contender for Trump’s vice presidential running mate, argued that “Lady Justice” wasn’t applied blindly, and that the conviction, if anything, will sway Never Trump conservatives to supporting him. But one claim in particular met Mattingly’s skepticism. “I love the passion I’m seeing from the American people, because they’re harnessing it,…