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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.
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.”
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.
“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.”
https://nypost.com/2025/01/27/us-news/fetterman-flummoxes-lefty-the-view- hosts-by-saying-trumps-nyc-hush-money-trial-was-politically-motivated/
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