A jury acquitting former President Trump in his criminal trial this week in New York would be the 'worst-case scenario' for Democrats, a CNN reporter warned on Sunday. 'I think that it's very likely this is the only trial that we are going to get before Election Day. And this case is not a slam dunk, which means that Donald Trump may very well not be convicted. Acquitted is the worst-case scenario for Democrats,' CNN political correspondent Sara Murray said.
Donald Trump gets to go out there and say, 'Joe Biden's prosecutors,' which, again, not true, 'came after me, his Department of Justice came after me, and they still didn't convict me. I'm still innocent,'' Murray continued. 'I also think you could end up somewhere in this sort of muddy middle where you end up with a hung jury, a jury that cannot reach a verdict. And then this truly does just get kicked to the voters to decide.
Former US Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal also argued the prosecution had a 'common sense' case against the former president and predicted that it was highly likely he would be convicted. 'I suspect that it’s going to be successful,' he told host Jen Psaki on her Sunday MSNBC show. The case stems from a hush money payment Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in 2016 over an alleged affair she had with him in 2006.
Americans from all over the country gave a blunt assessment of the New York trial last week in remarks to Fox News Digital, going so far as to call the case a 'total farce.' 'It sounds like it's a kangaroo court, actually,' Brad, from Clovis, California said. 'I think it's a total farce. If it's not thrown out, I'd be shocked.' Fox News' Brooke Singman and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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