the united states on a campaign finance issue is an outrage. and it appears to offer millions of americans. mean nothing more than a political prosecution that s driven by a prosecutor who literally ran for office on a pledge. to indictce presidentr interrupting. it wasn t just the prosecutor, the district attorney in new york. who did this? this was a grand jury, grand jury of some 23 people and you need a majority 12 to go ahead and criminally indict. i understand that and been a long time since i was in law school wolf, but i remember the old saying. you can indict a ham sandwich right? the threshold, the burden of proof is very low. prosecutors make decisions, discretionary decisions about what they bring all the time federal prosecutors passed on this the manhattan d a initially delayed it passed on it. but when you have an attorney general in new york and manhattan, d a that targeted one
a terrible message about the american justice system. and i would that this manhattan d a would have thought better of it and put the interests of the nation first, but let s let s put this into some sort of perspective. trump as you well know, he s been warning we could see what he calls death and destruction if he faces charges now that he has been indicted. how worried are you about the potential for violence and you saw the potential for violence, the real violence and you were there on january 6th? well, there s no excuse for that kind of rhetoric on either side of this debate, and there s really no reason to be calling for people. to be protesting over it as well, i think look, i know, i know president trump will and i know president trump can take care of himself in the courtroom and he ought to focus on that right now. but i got to tell you this is this is going to be outrageous. you agree, though his language is outrageous look , the harsh language on either side of this is un
never came up. i mean, i honestly have to tell you that i think this is an outrage. but i also think at a time when the american people are struggling so much that this will only further served to divide our country and wolf. you know, you re you re seeing all over the world? uh the message that this sends to the wider world is a terrible message about the american justice system. and i would that this manhattan d a would have thought better of it. and put the interests of the nation first, but let s let s put this into some sort of perspective. trump as you well know, he has been warning we could see what he calls death and destruction if he faces charges now that he has been indicted. how worried are you about the potential for violence and you saw the potential for violence, the real violence and you were there on january 6th. well there s no excuse for that kind of rhetoric on either side of this debate. uh and there s
time since i was in law school wolf, but i remember the old saying. you can indict a ham sandwich right? the threshold, the burden of proof is very low. prosecutors make decisions, discretionary decisions about what they bring all the time. federal prosecutors passed on this the manhattan d a initially delayed it passed on it. but when you have an attorney general in new york and manhattan, d a that targeted one particular american in their campaigns. i think that offends the notion of the overwhelming majority of the american people who believe in fairness, who believe in equal treatment before the law, and this appears to be just one more example wolf of the kind of two tiered justice system that the american people have had enough of justice department. the trump pence justice department, as you well know. they charged trump s former attorney, michael cohen, over these very same payments and said he made them and i m quoting now from the trump
being like puppet mastered around by soros, rather than making its own decisions about who to support and he noted the pack has backed similar reform minded candidates around the country. he also told me it s a major overstatement. is it suggest that the money has packed spent was like the sole reason that brag whose harvard law grad, a former federal prosecutor, former state chief deputy attorney general was victorious in this 2021 democratic primary. robinson said the pack was very important but one of many factors and he said, quote up until last week we couldn t get people to write about our pack. now, all of a sudden, we single handedly elected the manhattan d a when he was elected. i didn t get that credit, he said. this stuff is a big reach by trump and his defenders. now george soros himself issued a comment via text message to the outlet. semaphore and source noted he didn t contribute to bribe campaign itself. he reiterated, like a spokesman that he doesn t know, brag and sou