Eric Trump told Fox’s “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo that instead of prosecuting 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, New York City would instead commit crimes that would cause store merchandise security. He said the focus should be on
Eric Trump said his father is “feeling great” despite pressure related to New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Manhattan trial against the former president. The lawsuit filed by Bragg alleges that business records related to a non-disclosure agreement payment with former porn star Stormy Daniels were falsified.
Eric Trump addresses President Joe Biden’s alleged cognitive decline, saying the president’s gaffes, inability to “finish sentences” and difficulty “walking down stairs” are “exact reasons” for prosecuting his father He added that New York State needs to get it right. The “plexiglass” problem Rather than “chasing” Donald Trump.
“They are trying to torture my father, but no one believes it,” he added. “New York is falling apart. There are homeless people on the rooftops. Women being pushed in front of trains. Cops being assassinated – assassinated in their patrol cars! Shot in Times Square. A bunch of young kids chasing a guy for $130,000?”
“They shut down the courtroom every day. They close down the streets around the courtroom – it costs 20 times that. Every time they shut down an FDR drive, it costs 50 times more. No one will believe it. ” said Eric Trump. “Meanwhile, in New York, there’s so much theft that you can’t go into a Duane Reade because you have to lock yourself behind plexiglass, you can’t go to a CVS and buy skin lotion. And the prosecutor’s office. Is the focus on Donald Trump? Give me a break, the country doesn’t believe.”
Crime remains high in New York City, with 18,265 retail thefts reported in 2024 since the beginning of the year. according to Data from the city’s police station. According to NYPD data, there were 4,868 robberies and 3,835 robberies between 2024 and the beginning of the year.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday on President Trump’s argument that he has “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution based on actions he takes as president. Eric Trump warned that if Trump is not granted presidential immunity, the only people who will benefit are “big law firms and Washington, D.C.” (Related article: Jonathan Turley says Alvin Bragg is President Trump’s ‘best lawyer’, FOX News host immediately bursts into laughter)
“They’re going to go after every president. They’re going to start with Obama. In ‘Fast and Furious,’ he gives 2,000 weapons to cartel members. And they go to President Obama. , where he will use the IRS as a weapon against conservatives,” Eric Trump said.
“They’re probably going to go after Joe Biden for having cocaine in the White House,” he continued. “They will then go after Biden for raiding the homes of his opponents. Perhaps they will then hound him for literally two weeks leading up to the 2022 primaries, literally depleting the oil nation’s reserves, and would lower gas prices by 4 cents and hopefully actually help him in the polls. I mean, where do you want them to stop? George Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction. Are you going to pursue this? You know, Maria, where does this stop?”
“The only people who will win will be the lawyers in Washington, D.C.,” Eric Trump said. “The floodgates will open, and I guarantee you, Joe Biden won’t be able to step out the door of the White House and they will start pursuing him legally and relentlessly. In this country, the president He needs immunity, or his entire presidency will literally be filled with depositions and subpoenas, just like they tried to do to my father for the last eight years. No such legal law exists in this country. We need a president to actually function and run the United States.”
