Bill Maher and Jon Stewart Give Their Take on Possible Trump Indictment

Stewart: ‘We either have the rule of law or we have no rule of law’

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MAHER: "... charges, not this one. You know, I mean, yes, he's done a lot of bad things and I'm sure he did this. Everything they accuse him of done, he did. But first of all, it's not going to work. It's going to be rocket fuel for his 2024 campaign. And it's just going to look to MAGA nation like, 'Oh, you know, you tried with Mueller, you tried with Ukraine, you tried with January 6, now we go to the porn star. Really, you're down to that?"
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STEWART: "Fareed, we either have the rule of law or we have no rule of law. The rule of law does not take into account if that might make you a martyr to somebody. I'd much rather have the conversation be what is the law? What exactly are we saying that -- that he did? His lawyer went to jail for the same situation for a couple of years. So what is the crime? Is it a crime? The reason --"
ZAKARIA: "There are people who say it's selective prosecution, that this would not --" [crosstalk]
STEWART: "Everything is selective prosecution. The reason why Donald Trump became popular in the first place, and the reason why these populist movements, is that the citizenry have become fed up with the lack of accountability for those in power."

 

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