Legal Analyst Calls Out Double Standard In Trump Trial: Hillary ‘Did Same Thing’

Fox News authorized analyst Gregg Jarrett as soon as once more ripped the ‘hush money’ case introduced in opposition to former President Donald Trump throughout a community section on Monday after the trial started earlier within the day with jury choice.

Several authorized analysts on each the left and the correct have criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for bringing 34 prices in opposition to Trump, alleging he feloniously tried to cover funds to grownup movie star Stormy Daniels forward of the 2016 election over an alleged affair 18 years in the past, which Trump has denied.

The prices usually could be misdemeanors, and the statute of limitations had already run out anyway, however Bragg filed prices anyway — even after federal prosecutors with the Southern District of New York refused to carry prices in 2018, throughout Trump’s presidency.

In his Monday evaluation, Jarrett shredded Bragg and different Democratic officers concerned within the case for prosecuting Trump despite the fact that he says 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton basically did the identical factor throughout her unsuccessful marketing campaign, although she, in fact, was by no means prosecuted.

“Hillary Clinton did pretty much the same thing,” Jarrett stated. “She, too, used a lawyer to secretly pay for the phony Steele Dossier and booking it as legal expenses. 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.”

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Jarrett identified similarities between the case and the shortage of prosecution in direction of Clinton, whose marketing campaign financed a since-discredited file assembled by Christopher Steele alleging Trump colluded with Russia throughout the 2016 election.

“But, if your last name is Trump, the standard of justice is completely different and turned on its head,” Jarrett added.

Jarrett additionally criticized the prolonged gag order issued by Judge Juan Merchan on April 1 following Trump’s disparaging remarks in regards to the choose and his daughter on Truth Social. Trump’s posts, which included one sharing a New York Post article about Loren Merchan’s agency helping Democratic causes and candidates in elevating $93 million after Trump’s indictment within the case, prompted the choose to impose the expanded gag order.

Earlier within the interview, Jarrett blasted Bragg for what he described as a “tangled, torturous prosecution” that had been investigated by the federal authorities and resolved with none prices or fines.

“[Bragg] had to attach it to a supposed election law violation, well it’s not. Federal Election Commission investigated, and they said this is perfectly legal. It is not a campaign donation,” Jarrett stated. “The DOJ concluded there isn’t a crime right here.

“But, you know, enter Alvin Bragg who is charging under federal law even though he is a local prosecutor and has no jurisdiction and authority to do that. But the judge is letting him get away with it,” he added.

Separately, CNN authorized analyst Jeffrey Toobin commented on Trump’s felony trial this week, saying the previous president obtained some “good news” from the choose.

During a section on CNN, Toobin spoke about Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan’s ruling to maintain the notorious “Access Hollywood” tape from the jury, saying it was an “appropriate decision for Trump’s benefit.”

“Jeff, I‘m wondering what you make about the different evidence that the judge has ruled inadmissible,” CNN’s Anderson Cooper stated.

Toobin responded: “I thought those were very reasonable conclusions by the judge. The Karen McDougal [of Clinton fame] story is very similar to the Stormy Daniels story. It is money paid to silence women who were allegedly involved with Trump.”

“I also thought it was appropriate to keep the access Hollywood tape out. That is the case. That is a tape about nonconsensual sexual contact with Donald Trump saying what everyone knows he said about what he could do with women,” Toobin added.

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