Gregg Jarrett, a legal analyst for Fox News Channel, tore into the “hush money” case brought against former President Donald Trump, explaining on Monday, April 15 that the trial that began earlier on that day was a serious case of a double standard. Jarrett claimed that Hillary had acted in a similar way to Trump, yet never faced such lawfare attacks for her actions.
As background, DA Bragg claims, in the case, that former President Donald Trump feloniously attempted to hide payments he made to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. The short-lived alleged affair alleged happened 18 years ago. On the basis of the so-called “hush money” payments, DA Bragg has brought 34 charges against Trump.
Speaking about that case on Monday, Jarrett ripped into DA Bragg and those Democrats involved in promoting or furthering the case, arguing that the prosecution is ridiculous given that 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton did much the same thing in her 2016 campaign and was never prosecuted for it, must less dragged to court years later in the midst of a presidential campaign.
Jarrett, alleging as much, compared Hillary’s expenditure on the Steele Dossier to the Stormy Daniels payment, saying, “Hillary Clinton did pretty much the same thing.” Continuing, Jarrett then added details about Hillary’s alleged misdeed, saying, “She, too, used a lawyer to secretly pay for the phony Steele Dossier and booking it as legal expenses.”
Continuing on his comments on Hillary and what happened to her, Jarrett pointed out that she was fined a relatively small sum but never prosecuted, arguing, “She was fined by the [Federal Election Commission], but she wasn’t prosecuted, and neither was Barack Obama, even though he was fined a whopping $375,000 for hiding donors and keeping illegal contributions.”
Jarrett then alleged that the “standard of justice” is different for Trump than for Democrats like former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, an allegation many others on the right have made as well. He said, “But, if your last name is Trump, the standard of justice is completely different and turned on its head.”
Further, Jarrett argued that this prosecution is ridiculous, as, in his view, it’s the sort of thing that would only be brought against Trump. He alleged, “I’ve never seen such a tangled, tortuous prosecution that would be brought against no other person except Trump.”
Watch Jarrett here:
This is the same case in which Trump could be prevented from attending his son Barron’s graduation. Posting about that on Truth Social, Trump argued, “Who will explain for me, to my wonderful son, Barron, who is a GREAT Student at a fantastic School, that his Dad will likely not be allowed to attend his Graduation Ceremony, something that we have been talking about for years, because a seriously Conflicted and Corrupt New York State Judge wants me in Criminal Court on a bogus “Biden Case” which, according to virtually all Legal Scholars and Pundits, has no merit, and should NEVER have been brought.”
Continuing, he said, “This Fake Case is solely meant to attack Crooked Joe Biden’s Political Opponent, ME, who is seriously leading him in the Polls, for purposes of Election Interference. The Judge, Juan Merchan, is preventing me from proudly attending my son’s Graduation. Seems very unfair, doesn’t it? But this whole event is unfair. Every one of the many Fake Cases that are perpetuated by the White House in order to help the Worst President in History, by far, get Re-Elected, are UNJUST SCAMS. We won’t let that happen, but we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
AG James Featured Image Credit: By Er-nay – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67718860
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