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Fetterman flummoxes lefty ‘The View’ hosts by saying Trump’s NYC hush-money trial was ‘politically motivated’
By Chris Nesi
Published Jan. 27, 2025, 3:22 p.m. ET

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US Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) sent “The View” host Sunny Hostin into a tizzy Monday when he asserted that President Trump’s New York City “hush money” trial had been politically motivated.

Appearing on the far-left ABC chat show in his trademark hoodie,
Fetterman started out by covering a wide range of topics with the hosts,
from Hunter Biden to Trump’s pardon of the Jan. 6 rioters.

The first-term senator had already rankled his fellow Democrats by
visiting Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this month — a meeting he
called “overall, a positive experience” on “The View,” adding that he felt the president was “kind” and “cordial” during their hourlong conversation.

John Fetterman on "The View"
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said on TV’s “The View” on Monday that
the “hush money” case against President Trump was motivated by politics.

Sunny Hostin.
Former federal prosecutor, avowed Trump hater and “The View” co-host
Sunny Hostin takes issue with Fetterman’s matter-of-fact assertion.
While discussing Hunter Biden on the show, Fetterman then let slip that
he believed Trump’s widely publicized Manhattan trial — in which he was given a no-penalty sentence Jan. 10 — was more about politics than the
facts of the case.

“I’m on record criticizing, going after Hunter Biden. And I also agree
that the [Trump hush-money] trial in this city, in New York, was
politically motivated,” Fetterman said.

“That wouldn’t otherwise have been prosecuted if it was someone else,”
he said, noting he was “all about delivering second chances.”

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Hostin, through thinly veiled outrage, held Fetterman’s feet to the fire
over his assertion.

“Just for clarification: Did you mean that the 34-count case in which
Donald Trump was found guilty of various financial crimes was
politically motivated here in New York?” the former prosecutor asked.

Fetterman held firm, insisting it was “inappropriate” anytime the “judicial system gets weaponized” and “targets enemies for political [gain],” regardless of the parties involved.


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“Whether that’s a Democrat going after a Republican or a Republican
going after a Democrat, I like to think I call it strikes and balls
because the judicial system has to remain impartial. That’s really the cornerstone of our society,” he said.

Fetterman isn’t the only Democrat to argue that lefty Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump was politically motivated.

This summer, Democratic former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on an episode of
“Real Time with Bill Maher,” “If his name was not Donald Trump and if he wasn’t running for president — I’m the former AG of New York — I’m telling you that case never would have been brought.”

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1/27/25

Scott LaPlante LaPlante
23 hours ago

Don't forget that the Democrats in New York legislature had to change
the statute of limitations on these bookkeeping laws, and then make the
law retro-active just to charge Trump. Then these misdemeanors (where
these have been resolved with a fine in the past) needed to twisted into
some campaign finance violation. The contortions that Bragg had to
perform made this a show trial.


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