‘It Is an Election Fraud Case’: Jill Wine-Banks on Trump’s Hush Money Trial

RUSH TRANSCRIPT MOHYELDIN Jill ░░░░░░░░ with you you re ░░░░░░░░ stranger to historic legal ░░░░░░░░ obviously On X you ░░░░░░░░ it was good news ░░░░░░░░ a trial date has ░░░░░░░░ set in the hush ░░░░░░░░ trial Explain the significance ░░░░░░░░ us here of that ░░░░░░░░ BANKS The significance of ░░░░░░░░ is that it is ░░░░░░░░ me say an election ░░░░░░░░ case Instead of saying ░░░░░░░░ is a hush money ░░░░░░░░ I prefer to say ░░░░░░░░ it is an election ░░░░░░░░ case because it is ░░░░░░░░ was intended to deceive ░░░░░░░░ voters What s significant ░░░░░░░░ it is a serious ░░░░░░░░ multiple felonies 34 counts ░░░░░░░░ felony and it is ░░░░░░░░ different way of holding ░░░░░░░░ former president accountable You ░░░░░░░░ named multiple civil cases ░░░░░░░░ has thanks to New ░░░░░░░░ to defamation judgments a ░░░░░░░░ assault judgment and a ░░░░░░░░ case both in his ░░░░░░░░ York university his foundation ░░░░░░░░ now for his corporation ░░░░░░░░ a criminal conviction for ░░░░░░░░ corporation all in New ░░░░░░░░ This is going to ░░░░░░░░ the next New York ░░░░░░░░ against him and then ░░░░░░░░ can move on to ░░░░░░░░ places Georgia and two ░░░░░░░░ courts D C and ░░░░░░░░ It s significant because ░░░░░░░░ didn t get to ░░░░░░░░ it in Watergate I ░░░░░░░░ that we should have ░░░░░░░░ it the day that ░░░░░░░░ Nixon resigned I actually ░░░░░░░░ think a sitting president ░░░░░░░░ be indicted But I ░░░░░░░░ that argument with a ░░░░░░░░ prosecutor and while we ░░░░░░░░ discussing indicting Richard Nixon ░░░░░░░░ he resigned and was ░░░░░░░░ private citizen just as ░░░░░░░░ Trump is he got ░░░░░░░░ by his successor Gerald ░░░░░░░░ and once he s ░░░░░░░░ there was nothing we ░░░░░░░░ do We wouldn t ░░░░░░░░ having all these arguments ░░░░░░░░ if we had done ░░░░░░░░ then And the evidence ░░░░░░░░ as clear then as ░░░░░░░░ is now and it ░░░░░░░░ time to say we ░░░░░░░░ t have a king ░░░░░░░░ have a former president ░░░░░░░░ is an American citizen ░░░░░░░░ to all of our ░░░░░░░░ He s alleged to ░░░░░░░░ violated criminal statutes and ░░░░░░░░ is time for a ░░░░░░░░ to decide whether the ░░░░░░░░ measures up to the ░░░░░░░░ that he is charged ░░░░░░░░