On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” CNN senior legal analyst and former prosecutor Eli Honig said that “the case brought against Donald Trump by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) was undeniably politically targeted.” And “The fact that Letitia James targeted Donald Trump in a civil manner does not in any way justify or justify Donald Trump’s targeting of Letitia James in a criminal manner.”
Honig began by saying that he would not have taken the case because of the “small” dollar amount and that the $18,000 of alleged profit is an amount that is less than he has seen in a mortgage fraud case.
Later, he said, “The case that Letitia brought against Donald Trump was unquestionably politically targeted. It backfired politically. It helped propel Donald Trump to the Republican nomination. It backfired legally. About a month ago, the New York Court of Appeals vacated most of the verdict. They took out the dollar amount and reduced it to zero. Gave. However, this is a very important point, the fact is that Letitia James targeted Donald Trump civilly. In no way can Donald Trump’s criminal targeting of Letitia James be justified or justified. It’s a concept that even a six-year-old child can understand, two wrongs don’t make a right. And, by the way, all this back and forth in court Letitia being in the room is going to be to James’ strategic advantage, because she’s definitely going to be making a vindictive or selective prosecution case, and she can just present all this evidence of the history between the two of them. And I think he’s going to have a very good offer to dismiss here as a result.”
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