Former President Trump’s indictment in the Manhattan District Attorney’s probe into hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels is likely to dominate conversations on this Sunday’s newscast.
The political world shook Thursday afternoon after news broke that a grand jury had approved indictments against Trump following a massive investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The roots of the case go back several years, when former Trump attorney Michael Cohen paid Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 and kept quiet about an alleged affair she said she had with Trump years ago. pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison.
Cohen said Trump instructed him to pay him and refunded him for it. He denied having an affair with Mr. Daniels.
One of Trump’s attorneys in the case, Joe Tacopina, appeared on various news programs shortly after Trump was indicted, including on NBC’s “The Today Show” and ABC’s “Good Morning America.” I have appeared on shows such as
He told John Kachmatidis and Rita Cosby on WABC’s “Cats and Cosby” show on Friday that Trump’s indictment is a double standard that “endangers us all.”
“Today is Donald Trump. “We are now using the judicial system as a political weapon. And that’s not what we did in this country.”
Trump is the first ex-president in U.S. history to face criminal charges.
Tacopina said on “Good Morning America” that it would promptly file a motion on the “legal feasibility” of the lawsuit.
He appears on ABC’s “This Week” and CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Since the indictment was released, Trump’s Republicans have backed the former president and accused the probe of being politically motivated.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, opposed Mr. Bragg’s investigation and took a leading role in asking Mr. Bragg to answer the inquiry.
Jordan also chairs a special subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee on Federal Weaponization and was one of three Republicans who wrote to Bragg last week requesting documents related to the investigation. He expanded the investigation and asked two prosecutors who resigned from Bragg’s office last year to testify.
Jordan, who appears on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” murmured Only “outrageous”. Following news of the indictment.
One of the points Trump’s allies brought up in defending the former president was that Bragg’s predecessor, former Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance, did not indict Trump in the case.
Vance, who served as a district attorney for more than a decade and was the one who initiated the hush-money payment investigation, won a case against Trump in the Supreme Court in 2020, gaining access to Trump’s tax returns as part of his investigation. It is now possible. .
Vance chose not to run for re-election in 2021, handing over the investigation to Bragg when his term ended. Vance will appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
But not all Republicans rushed to Trump’s defense after he was indicted.
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican who is criticized of Trump and rumored to be a potential 2024 presidential candidate, told Fox Business on Friday that Trump was indicted now, and will be in 2024. He said he should “step aside” from the 2020 race.
“I think that when a civil servant is indicted, the position is more important than the person and should be put aside,” he said.
Hutchinson appears on ‘This Week’.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) has also criticized Trump in the past, convicting him after the House impeached him over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots. Cassidy will appear on “Fox News Sunday.”
Democrats, on the other hand, have hailed the decision as showing that justice is being served and that “no one is above the law.” They said the process should be able to run without outside interference.
Senator Chris Murphy (D, Connecticut) reportedly appears on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Said Those outside the case should not have taken either side in the criminal case, criticizing Republicans who accused them of politicizing the investigation without knowing the charges.
The exact charges facing Mr. Trump are unclear, as the indictment remains sealed. The seal will be lifted by the time Trump arraigns on Tuesday.
“It is absolutely incredible that some of my colleagues believe that they have clairvoyant powers and can determine the innocence of the president before he sees the accusations,” Murphy said. .
In an attack on the legitimacy of Bragg’s investigation, Cohen’s attorney, Lanny Davis, defended the validity of his client’s statements to New York prosecutors and a grand jury. Said NBC’s “Meet the Press NOW” on Friday found that Cohen’s testimony was all backed up by documents and multiple corroborating witnesses.
“Everything Michael Cohen testified is surrounded by documentation and corroboration. Everything,” Davis said. “If he were a witness in this trial, he would be a key witness, but his role is not to convince anyone that he is telling the truth.”
Davis appears in ‘State of the Union’. He told NBC that if a juror, after looking at documents, hearing testimony and considering the law, determines that political motives fueled an investigation, “that’s the verdict.”
Below is the full list of guests scheduled to appear on this Sunday’s talk show.
ABC’s “This Week” — Joe Tacopina, Trump Attorney.Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R); Former Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt
NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Senator Joe Manchin (DW.Va.); Former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.; Former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R), NCAA President
CBS “Face the Nation” — Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut); John Bolton, former National Security Advisor. Emma Tucker, Editor-in-Chief of The Wall Street Journal. Preet Bharara, Former US Attorney in New York
CNN’s “State of the Union Address” — Tacopina; Manchin; Lanny Davis, attorney for former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. Rep. Mike Turner (Ohio Republican) and Dan Crenshaw (Texas Republican)
“Fox News Sunday” — Manchin; Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA); Jim Trusty, Trump Attorney.Former Attorney General William Barr
“Sunday Morning Futures” on Fox News Channel — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Executive Committee Chairman Brian Steil (R-Wisconsin). Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe.Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R); Alina Hubba, Trump Attorney
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