Posted on 06/04/2024 5:27:20 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos clashed with former President Trump’s attorney, Will Scharf, in a Sunday interview, over the former president’s unsubstantiated claims that President Biden played a role in bringing the hush money criminal case against Trump in New York.
In an interview on “This Week,” Scharf repeatedly echoed claims of the former president, arguing the hush money criminal trial — which ended in a guilty conviction against Trump on 34 felony counts — was “exhibit A” in terms of the “politicization of the legal system.”
“It’s absolutely unprecedented in American history. It’s not the way that our campaigns are supposed to be run. We contest elections at the ballot box, not in the courts in this country,” Scharf continued.
Stephanopoulos conceded Scharf’s point about winning elections at the ballot box but made clear there was no evidence to suggest any involvement of the federal Department of Justice with the New York state criminal trial that just concluded.
“That is true. But, of course, we’ve never had a former president or presidential candidate facing the kind of charges that the president faced because of his own activities. And, of course, the attorney general in Manhattan has nothing to do with the Department of Justice,” Stephanopoulos said.
As Stephanopoulos tried to pivot back to his question about the sentencing process, Scharf pressed on, refusing to concede his point about the prosecution being politically motivated. Stephanopoulos eventually interrupted.
“I vehemently disagree that the district attorney in New York was not politically motivated here,” Scharf said, “and I vehemently disagree that President Biden and his political allies aren’t up to their necks in this prosecution.”
Stephanopoulos jumped in, saying, “There’s no evidence here of that. Sir … I’m not going to let you continue to say that.....
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I DESPISE THAT EVIL LITTLE PUNK..................
I really would like to see someone smash that gerbil in the mouth.
“There’s no evidence here of that. Sir … I’m not going to let you continue to say that.....”
Response: “Who do you think you are anyway?”
“You are a political hack who got his job because he was a political hack working for Bill Clinton”
THE SMARMY LITTLE WEASEL IS THE SOVIET KGB OFFICER ON SITE FOR ABC................
Steph’s rules for “journalism’: Interrupt and drown out all who aren’t toeing the party line.
Once upon a time — a long time ago — TV actually allowed intelligent discussions. But no longer. If you aren’t parroting the Narrative, they just don’t want to hear from you.
Conservative spokespersons need to practice not allowing themselves to be stopped while making a point in an interview with liberal combatants.
We have a natural tendency to be polite – in such appearances, politeness needs to be put aside.
I can’t believe this old hack is even still around, on any outlet, even fake news.
That creepy smile biden did when asked about it tells all.
The same as when he made the comment about getting the prosecutor fired in ukraine. joe just can’t help himself.
He has to take a bow.
Stephanie baby is just a small-time loser doing the only job available for such - the media.
When Stephanopolous cut him off and said “There’s no evidence of that”, Sharf should had said, Well, you are a liar MR. Stephanopolous..and quote the facts. You have to be prepared to take on these liars with the truth.
How dare you question the narrative.
You can’t give credit to Biden for this when the author of this is the Clintonista gang. They started all of this. This is like academic fraud, man. I mean George needs to maintain standards here. He has so little reputation for integrity that he can’t just let this sort of thing go, just like that.
Today's "journalism" is accurately described with two words: "Leftist activism".
STFU Snufie
There is no evidence. Mabel in the shredding-machine room saw to that.
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