The cackling coven of ABC’s The View opened Wednesday’s edition of the show by grasping at paper straws, which were unraveling in their hands as they desperately tried to defend the weak case brought against former President Trump by New York D.A. Alvin Bragg. They tacitly admitted it’s a “weak case” as they attempted to redefine the term and spin the lack of supporting arguments for some of the 34 charges.
“A lot of Republicans are calling this politically motivated. And some people on both sides of the aisle say the case is weak,” moderator Whoopi Goldberg reluctantly admitted. Attempting to downplay the weakness, Goldberg wondered: “Isn't this what you supposed to do? You're supposed to bring the case and then you have to prove it. Isn't that the job?”
Racist co-host Sunny Hostin agreed “that's the job” and described the charges against Trump as one of the D.A. office’s “bread and butter cases.” She bloviated that prosecutors were “really good” at prosecuting them and that the cases were too easy. “In fact, when I was a prosecutor, I got out of the anti-trust division because they were so easy. I wanted more of a challenge,” she proclaimed.
Hostin has not prosecuted a case in many, many years.
According to Hostin, the case against Trump would be “easy” to prove because he has a unique signature:
HOSTIN: And you know why they’re easy? Because there's like a paper trail. And what's so easy about this case, is that Trump has a really distinguishable – um –
GOLDBERG: Distinct.
HOSTIN: – distinct handwriting. And It's like Trump! With big black like letters. And it would – it would be so easy to prove.
The next to draw a straw was co-host Joy Behar. For her park, she suggested that “maybe” the people calling the case “weak” were simply suggesting it just didn’t stack up to stronger cases “coming down the pike.” “I mean, you know, stealing documents that had nuclear secrets is bigger than this. Yes, we know this but this is like where we’re starting,” she argued. “That might be true!” Hostin backed her up.
The futile attempts to redefine the term “weak” continued with co-host Sara Haines, who argued that “it wasn't a weak case” but rather “a grey-area case.” “And what they were saying is the law is unclear here,” she said, looking to Hostin for guidance.
“Bragg has to prove he can use a federal election law to elevate the misdemeanor charge to a felony which has never been resolved by any appellate court in New York. Is that true? Is that the grey area?” she queried Hostin.
Instead of admitting that Bragg was reaching because state election laws don’t apply to federal elections, Hostin doubled down on calling the case a slam dunk for Bragg: “No resident has ever done anything like this, first of all. But it's also based on New York election campaign fraud as well. And so, I don't see the link being difficult to make.”
Later in the show, Hostin whined that people were trying to “diminish the importance of this case” by admitting how weak it was. “This is serious. This is not something that is going to happen overnight. It's not something that’s going happen in a week or a month,” she huffed at the fact the next hearing was not until December 4, two months before the Iowa caucuses.
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The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
April 5, 2023
11:05:00 a.m. Eastern(…)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: A lot of Republicans are calling this politically motivated. And some people on both sides of the aisle say the case is weak. So, all spin aside, isn't this what you supposed to do? You’re supposed to bring the case and then you have to prove it. Isn't that the job?
SUNNY HOSTIN: That's the job. And what I loved – what the D.A. said was these are their bread and butter cases.
GOLDBERG: Can you explain what that means to people?
HOSTIN: It just means like if you are the financial capital of the country and some would argue the world. Lot of financial crimes occur here. And so, they are really good at doing it. In fact, when I was a prosecutor, I got out of the anti-trust division because they were so easy. I wanted more of a challenge.
And you know why they’re easy? Because there's like a paper trail. And what's so easy about this case, is that Trump has a really distinguishable – um –
GOLDBERG: Distinct.
HOSTIN: – distinct handwriting. And It's like Trump! With big black like letters. And it would – it would be so easy to prove. And it's not just the Stormy Daniels payments. There's payments of $150,000 to another woman. There's $30,000 of payments to a doorman who lied, apparently. And so, you put it all together on a nice really big chart and you just connect the dots. And New Yorkers are smart.
JOY BEHAR: Well, maybe, Sunny. Maybe when they say is a weak case. Whoopi. They really mean compared to what's coming down the pike.
HOSTIN: That might be true!
BEHAR: Yeah. I mean, you know, stealing documents that had nuclear secrets is bigger than this. Yes, we know this but this is like where we’re starting.
SARA HAINES: Sunny, when I was – This is the part where – You might be able to clear this up. When I was reading that it wasn't a weak case, it was a grey-area case. And what they were saying is the law is unclear here.
So, this is what I wanted to ask you. Whether Bragg – Bragg has to prove he can use a federal election law to elevate the misdemeanor charge to a felony which has never been resolved by any appellate court in New York. Is that true? Is that the grey area?
HOSTIN: No resident has ever done anything like this, first of all. But it's also based on New York election campaign fraud as well. And so, I don't see the link being difficult to make.
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11:19:27 a.m. Eastern
HOSTIN: This is serious. This is not something that is going to happen overnight. It's not something that’s going happen in a week or a month. And I just really think that we need to stop trying to – um –
GOLDBERG: Diminish?
HOSTIN: Diminish is a good word for that. Diminish the importance of this case.
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