{"id":22076,"date":"2025-01-21T23:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=22076"},"modified":"2025-01-21T23:09:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:09:18","slug":"22076","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=22076","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can laugh at that. And you can say he\u2018s an idiot. That\u2018s the president-elect making another direct threat. This is unprecedented. It\u2018s wrong. We should all agree it\u2018s wrong that he says something like that. But yes, Joe Biden should try to pardon as many people as possible to protect from a guy who said, \u2018I want to be an authoritarian,\u2019\u201d former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, an anti-Trumper, said, setting off the firestorm.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a transcript of the exchange:<\/p>\n<p>AIDALA: \u201cI know, but, congressman, his \u2014 the Democratic administration just went after Trump and his whole family. His whole family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WALSH: \u201cWait, wait \u2014 \u201c<\/p>\n<p>PHILLIP: \u201cHang on. What do you mean, the Democratic administration? What are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CARL CHAMPION: \u201cYeah, which Democratic administration had gone after Trump?\u201d<br \/>\n(Laughter)<\/p>\n<p>AIDALA: \u201cLast I looked, Joe Biden is a Democrat. Last I looked, the attorney general, Merrick Garland, is a Democrat.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">Advertisement<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7063311234970495\" data-ad-slot=\"2702911965\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_1_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_1\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;gpp_sid=-1&amp;client=ca-pub-7063311234970495&amp;output=html&amp;h=325&amp;slotname=2702911965&amp;adk=3359760001&amp;adf=2098573761&amp;pi=t.ma~as.2702911965&amp;w=390&amp;abgtt=6&amp;lmt=1737494494&amp;rafmt=1&amp;format=390x325&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Fdefense-targeted-88507%2F%3Futm_source%3DCB%26utm_medium%3D573%26fbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2PWcAsJeb4Tic_ipkURRjt9G8y2_m6pft9Ascm8lurm3jDW8GHGatAMQU_aem_ve3gYtJSqYA4dGH7Ecmk5Q&amp;fwr=1&amp;fwrattr=true&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;sfro=1&amp;wgl=1&amp;dt=1737500870340&amp;bpp=4&amp;bdt=19847&amp;idt=615&amp;shv=r20250116&amp;mjsv=m202501160401&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie_enabled=1&amp;eoidce=1&amp;prev_fmts=0x0&amp;nras=1&amp;correlator=639253027174&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=60&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=844&amp;u_w=390&amp;u_ah=844&amp;u_aw=390&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=3&amp;adx=0&amp;ady=2726&amp;biw=390&amp;bih=769&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=650&amp;eid=31088038%2C95331832%2C95350244&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=1754263616135946&amp;tmod=633942745&amp;uas=1&amp;nvt=1&amp;ref=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2F&amp;fc=1920&amp;brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C390%2C0%2C390%2C769%2C390%2C769&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&amp;abl=CS&amp;pfx=0&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;ifi=2&amp;uci=a!2&amp;btvi=1&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=1537\" name=\"aswift_1\" width=\"390\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!2\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-6=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-29=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CInrsJL3h4sDFcSJgwcdfCY4Fw\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>CHAMPION: \u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AIDALA: \u201cThey hired a special prosecutor who went after him in several jurisdictions. The Democratic Manhattan D.A. went after him. The democratic attorney general of the state of New York went after him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PHILLIP: \u201cOkay, None of these things \u2014 None of these things mean what you said at the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AIDALA: \u201cDidn\u2019t I say the Democratic administration \u2014 \u201c<\/p>\n<p>CHAMPION: \u201c \u2014 went after Donald Trump and his entire family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AIDALA: \u201cThey did. The Democrats went after Donald Trump and his entire family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FORMER HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN AIDE AMANDA LITMAN: \u201cIt was not President Joe Biden saying, \u2018I\u2018m going to put Donald Trump\u2026\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AIDALA: \u201cIt\u2018s his administration. It\u2018s his administration. And it\u2018s his entire family. Ivanka had to testify. Donald jr. Had to testify. Eric had to testify.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PHILLIP: \u201cTrump was facing legal jeopardy in Georgia, in New York, and in a federal \u2014 in federal cases, right? One of the federal cases \u2014 \u201c<\/p>\n<p>AIDALA: \u201cCriminal and civil.<\/p>\n<p>PHILLIP: \u201cOkay, one of the federal cases he could have resolved like this. He could have just said, \u2018Hey, come on in. Go get the documents you\u2018re looking for.\u2019 The end. It would have been done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CHAMPION: \u201cEnd of story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PHILLIP: \u201cSo I don\u2018t understand \u2014 \u201c<\/p>\n<p>AIDALA: \u201cThat case wound up being dismissed on legal grounds, on technical, legal grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PHILLIP: \u201cOkay. No. But I don\u2018t \u2014 \u201c<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-12578241793956198-359\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>AIDALA: \u201cIt was. What do you mean no? It was dismissed. The federal judge dismissed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PHILLIP: \u201cThe federal judge dismissed parts of the case, Arthur, you know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AIDALA: \u201cThe whole federal case is gone in Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump is furious that a sentencing date has been announced for his Manhattan \u201chush money\u201d case brought by District Attorney Alvin Bragg.<\/p>\n<p>The case centered around payments made to adult movie star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election and is one that many legal experts believe will be crushed on appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The sentencing date was announced 10 days before Trump\u2019s inauguration, and he issued a fiery response to it on his TruthSocial account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery Legal Scholar and Pundit, including the highly respected, and sadly recently passed, David Rivkin, as well as Jonathan Turley, Elie Honig, Andy McCarthy, Alan Dershowitz, Gregg Jarrett, Elizabeth Price Foley, Katie and Andy Cherkasky, Paul Ingrassia, and many others, have unequivocally stated that the Manhattan D.A.\u2019s Witch Hunt is a nonexistent case, which is not only barred by the Statute of Limitations but, on the merits, should never have been brought,\u201d the president-elect said after the announcement by Judge Juan Merchan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can laugh at that. 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