As Donald Trump’s New York trial continued, Newsmax continued hosting various Trump apologists to rant about the trial throughout the rest of April and portray hims as being above the law:
- GOP Senators: Trump’s N.Y. Trial Won’t Sway Voters
- Alina Habba to Newsmax: Fair Trial ‘Impossible’ in N.Y.
- Dershowitz to Newsmax: New York ‘Violating’ Voters’ Rights With Trump Trial
- Whitaker to Newsmax: Jury Selection in Trump Trial Raises Questions
- Napolitano to Newsmax: Weaknesses in Case Against Trump
- Mike Huckabee to Newsmax: Trump Trial ‘Stinks to High Heaven’
- Jordan Sekulow to Newsmax: Trump Trials ‘Coordinated Election Interference’
- Karoline Leavitt to Newsmax: Gag Order Violates Trump’s Rights
- Donald Trump Jr. to Newsmax: Dems Want to Jail Political Opponents
- Stephen Miller to Newsmax: A Supreme Form of Election Interference
Eric Mack contributed an April 28 “news” article detailing “6 Big Things from Trump’s Trial You Need to Know,” which was largely dedicated to repeating pro-Trump talking points, such as “We Still Don’t Know the Crime” and “Trump Is Accused of a Non-Crime” and “They’re Skirting the Constitution to Get Trump.” Mack also tried to downplay the relevance of Trump working with the National Enquirer to bury the story of his affair with Stormy Daniels, insisting this kind of catch-and-kill operation “happened all the time.”
James Morley III tried to fearmonger about jailing Trump in an April 30 article rewritten from the right-wing Washington Examiner:
Following the imposition of a contempt of court fine on Tuesday against former President Donald Trump, legal experts have cautioned that a threatened jail term by the judge could lead to widespread upheaval.
Earlier in the day, New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan leveled a $9,000 fine against Trump for violating the terms of a previously imposed gag order.
In the written order, Merchan threatened, “Defendant is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose an incarceratory punishment.”
[…]Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahani told the Washington Examiner that while jailing Trump seemed unlikely, it “may lead to mass protests or even civil unrest.”
Harmon added, “I suspect it would cause widespread condemnation and countrywide protests from his base.”
Attorney and former associate justice for the Massachusetts Superior Court Shannon Frison told the Washington Examiner that Merchan needs to consider the threat of societal unrest when making his judgements.
Morley didn’t mention whether any of those “legal experts” are Trump supporters and, thus, had an interest in fearmongering about jailing Trump.
Larry Bell did his own sucking up in an April 22 column:
Bottoming out outrageous lawfare assaults on Donald Trump and U.S. justice — at least so far — former Attorney General William Barr described the latest trial case in New York charging the former president of paying hush money to cover up an alleged affair with an adult film actress two decades ago as “obviously political” and an “abomination.”
The trial, which began today, includes 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in connection with a $130,00 payment made through his then-attorney Michael Cohen a month prior to the 2016 election to conceal release of politically damaging exposure of a 2006 sexual encounter with stage-named performer “Stormy Daniels.”
Trump has denied any legal wrongdoing as well as having engaged in the alleged sexual scandal. Cohen, the prosecution’s key witness against the former president, was convicted of campaign finance violations and bank fraud in 2018 and sentenced to three years in prison.
[…]After waiting seven years to prosecute Trump, the salacious show trial appears suspiciously scheduled to keep the Democrat’s leading opponent in court throughout much of the crucial campaign season.
Judge Merchan is insisting that the former (and possible future) free world leader sit in his Manhattan courtroom throughout an uncertain trial period which may last weeks or even months under penalty of criminal arrest for missed appearances.
This likely requires Trump to limit campaign rallies to weekends when the court isn’t in session, while legacy media attention remains fixated on courtroom theater staged to destroy his candidacy.
Bell didn’t explain why Trump deserves treatment that is more preferential than that of any other accused criminal.