During CBS’s live coverage of former President Donald Trump’s arraignment on charges related to the January 6 riots at the United States Capitol and his alleged attempt to “overturn” the results of the 2020 presidential election, anchor Norah O’Donnell and correspondent Robert Costa heaped sycophantic praise for the corrupt anti-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith. O’Donnell took a break from analyzing the multiple indictments Trump was facing as they were speaking to Beclown herself by swooning over Smith and his so-called “grit” and “determination.”
“Also in the courtroom is a special counsel, Jack Smith,” O’Donnell observed. “He is essentially who Donald Trump is up against in multiple of these indictments,” she said referring to Smith. “The two of course the classified documents and the January 6 one. And they're sitting across from each other inside this courtroom.”
She then tried to tie Smith’s alleged athletic ability to his competence in taking on Trump in the legal arena: “Jack Smith is someone who has run in over and competed in over 100 triathlons. He was reportedly at one point hit when he was on his bike by a truck and 10 weeks later, he ran another triathlon.”
“This is a man of a lot of grit and a lot of determination,” she proclaimed.
Costa then jumped in to concur: “His aggressive approach to his personal health and exercise correlates to how he approaches his persecution and his strategy.”
He ended by expressing sympathy for Smith: “We’ve talked a lot about how the former President is under pressure, but Jack Smith is also under pressure today.”
The media is enjoying this saga way too much. They can’t be trusted to report on these indictments and trials objectively. It’s all a game to them.
The transcript is below. Click expand to read:
CBS News Streaming Network
8/3/2023
3:53:08 p.m. Eastern
1 minute 3 secondsNORAH O’DONNELL: Also in the courtroom is a special counsel, Jack Smith and I want to spend a moment on Jack Smith because he is essentially who Donald Trump is up against in multiple of these indictments. The two of course the classified documents and the January 6 one. And they're sitting across from each other inside this courtroom. Jack Smith is someone who has run in over and competed in over 100 triathlons. He was reportedly at one point hit when he was on his bike by a truck and 10 weeks later, he ran another triathlon. This is a man of a lot of grit and a lot of determination. And even what we have seen in these indictments is just a sliver of what they know in his prosecutorial team knows. Right?
ROBERT COSTA: His aggressive approach to his personal health and exercise correlates to how he approaches his persecution and his strategy. We’ve talked a lot about how the former President is under pressure, but Jack Smith is also under pressure today.
