Liam Neeson and Glenn Close are among the celebrities who spoke up to read excerpts from the indictment against former President Trump on an ongoing MSNBC podcast.
MSNBC’s “prosecute donald trumpThe podcast features “historic indictments” against former presidents going to trial. On Thursday’s episode, Neeson and Close, as Special Counsel Jack Smith and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, respectively, read portions of the indictment against the former president.
Co-hosts Andrew Wiseman and Melissa Murray repeatedly praised the actors for bringing personality to their lawyer “characters.”
“It felt like Liam Neeson was leading Jack Smith here. It was like Jack Smith talking to America, but wearing Irish brogues and probably creating bombs out of Snickers bars.” And at the same time, he had the ability to save his daughter,” Murray said.
Former President Trump waves as he leaves the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street in Manhattan, New York, Monday, March 25, 2024. (Adam Gray, Fox News Digital)
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Wiseman commented, “I think Glenn Close could probably read anything and we’d be like, ‘That’s really serious.'”
Wiseman and Murray used the actor’s reading to promote their new book about the Trump indictment.
Actors Peter Coyote and Renee Elise Goldsberry appeared on Friday’s episode and read excerpts from the Florida and Georgia indictments against Trump.
Murray similarly praised the celebrity voices, noting that Coyote and Goldsberry “made the indictment sing.”
Trump faces multiple charges in multiple states ahead of the 2024 presidential election. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
These guest appearances on MSNBC’s podcast were similar to past efforts by celebrities to dramatize Trump’s legal troubles.
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In 2019, several anti-Trump actors, including activist Alyssa Milano, starred in a 10-act livestreamed play focused on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives. participated in.
Liam Neeson and Glenn Close read excerpts from the New York and Washington DC indictments against Donald Trump. (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images/Photo: Brendan McDiarmidpool/Getty Images/Photo: Dominic Bindle/Wire Images)
The play stars Annette Bening, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Ben McKenzie, Michael Shannon, Noah Emmerich, Justin Long, Jason Alexander, Gina Gershon, Wilson Crews, Joel Gray, Kyla… Sedgwick, Alfre Woodward, Piper Perabo, Zachary Quinto, and Aidan also starred. Quinn.
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