This is a 'trip wire' designed to take Trump down: Turley

CONGRESSWOMAN CHENEY. WE ARE WAITING ON WHETHER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP VIOLATED THE GAG ORDER, AND IF HE DID, WHAT THE PUNISHMENT COULD BE. CALLING OUT THE JUDGE, SAYING DONALD TRUMP SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE WHO PUBLICLY CRITICIZE HIM. HE'S GOT TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND HIMSELF. "THE DAILY CALLER" PUT IT THIS WAY. DOUBLE STANDARD, BUT GIVING MICHAEL COHEN FREE REIGN. ATTORNEY MICHAEL TERREL ON THIS PROGRAM. >> THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO HARM HIS ELECTION CHANCES. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. IT DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. IT DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE OF MICHAEL COHEN CAN BASICALLY SAY WHATEVER HE WANTS. THE GOAL IS TO HURT TRUMP'S CHANCES. THE PUBLIC REALIZES, BUT THAT'S THE WHOLE GOAL OF THIS PROCEEDING. >> Harris: NOW LET'S GO TO JONATHAN TURLEY, LAW PROFESSOR AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR. LEO TERREL AND I WERE REACTING IN REAL TIME. AND TODAY, IT IS WEDNESDAY. WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND AS YOU SAY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE GAG ORDER? >> HE'S GOING TO FIND HIM IN VIOLATION OF THE GAG ORDER. THEY ARE NOT REALLY CONTESTING THAT MUCH ABOUT THE STATEMENTS THE PRESIDENT MADE, BUT THE ORDER ITSELF. THE PROBLEM IS THE SCOPE OF THE ORDER. I AGREE WITH THAT. YOU CAN HAVE A GAG ORDER THAT LIMITS WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT ASPECTS OF THE TRIAL, BUT EXTENDING TO SOMEONE LIKE MICHAEL COHEN, IT IS JUST FACIALLY RIDICULOUS. YOU'VE GOT MICHAEL COHEN GOING ON THE AIR EVERY NIGHT, NOT JUST OPPOSING THE PRESIDENT IN THIS TRIAL, BUT IN THE CAMPAIGN. EVEN AFTER HE TESTIFIES, THE PRESIDENT CANNOT RESPOND TO HIM, SO ALL THESE NETWORKS CONSTANTLY HAVE HIM ON, AND SOMEHOW HE IS IN THIS BUBBLE. HE CANNOT BE ADDRESSED BY THE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING WHERE I'M CRITICAL OF THIS A JUDGE, THE FAILURE TO REALIZE THE INEQUITY OF THAT ARRANGEMENT. >> Harris: MAYBE HE RECOGNIZES. KIND OF YOU TO SAY HE DOESN'T, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU TELL DONALD TRUMP TO DO? >> I THINK HE'S GOT TO COMPLY WITH THE GAG ORDER. THIS IS A VERY WEAK CASE. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET HIM -- DO NOT GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT. THIS CASE IS BASED ON NO GOOD LAW IN MY VIEW, AND YOU SHOULD LET IT COLLAPSE UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT. >> Harris: I WROTE THAT DOWN. ALL RIGHT, JONATHAN TURLEY. TOMORROW, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, JONATHAN, IS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT ORAL ARGUMENTS OVER THE FORMER PRESIDENTS IMMUNITY. AND HIS CLAIMS OF IMMUNITY IN A FEDERAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE. IT COULD HAVE FAR-REACHING IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. LET'S WATCH. >> I THINK THIS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MOMENT FOR ALL OF THE TRUMP TRIALS. THERE IS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT ARGUMENT SUPPORTING THE IDEA THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE IMMUNE BECAUSE IT IS A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE WHEN YOU START TO LOOK UP ALL THE DECISIONS THE PRESIDENT HAS TO MAKE AND WHETHER AN OPPOSING PARTY CAN COME INTO OFFICE AND STARTED TO SECOND-GUESS AND CRIMINALIZE THESE DECISIONS, INCLUDING MILITARY DECISIONS AND OPERATIONS, THINGS OF THAT SORT. >> Harris: WORK OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DO ON THIS? >> I THINK IT'S DOUBTFUL THAT THE COURT IS GOING TO GO THAT FAR, AND SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS OF ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY. BUT THEY MAY BE AS DISTURBED BY THE SWEEPING ARGUMENTS OF IMMUNITY. THIS IS AN INCREMENTALIST COURTS. I THINK THEY WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THE PRESIDENT DOES NEED SOME PROTECTION, BUT IF THEY COME UP WITH A MORE NUANCED APPROACH, YOU WOULD STILL LIKELY HAVE TO SEND THIS BACK. IF IT DOES THAT, IT THROWS A REAL WRENCH INTO THE WORKS FOR SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH. IT WOULD SEEM ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AT THAT POINT FOR HIM TO HAVE A TRIAL BEFORE THE ELECTION, AND IF TRUMP IS REELECTED, JACK SMITH MAY NEVER SEE A JURY AND EITHER OF THESE CASES. >> Harris: THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. REALLY AND TRULY, WE ARE

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Length: 4min 55sec (295 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 24 2024