pirro, harold ford jr. shannon bream and gregn ne gutfeld of 5:00 in new york city. and thisy an is the five donald trump going scorched earthscorcd on his guilty verdict and joe y lap oning a victor the left successful lawfare campaign. the president telling millionsfu republicans that they have no right to call the trial riggedo . the american principle that nosb one is above the law was reaffirmed. trump w donald trump was given every opportunity to defend himself. a it was a state case, note a federal case. and it s reckless, it s dangerous and seriousas possible for anyone to say this was rigged just because t they don t like the verdict. likehe big guy then sporting a goofy grin as he ignored questions from reporters. watch this. mr. president, can you tell us, sir, donald trump refersf as to himself as a political prisoner and blames su you directly. what s your response to that, sir r? you do you think that conviction will have an impact on the campaign? thou we d
a couple of things. i think the partisan exuberancge is, uh, at any level, any time after a trial does nothing to enhance confidence in the ruling or enhance confidence our judicial system. uh, i tried to share yesterday that we need s to show some restraint. politic s is is a part of everything, and it s even part of the judicial at some level, because some of our d.a. s acrosls, the country, are elected. some of our judges are elected. someecteand they re not. they re appointed. and if they re appointed, they re appointean thed by peop who had been elected, who have been elected to office. beeno officesome of my partisanw and some who are democrat will say that the judge down in florida, judge canon, who s a graduate of my law school university of michigan, that she somehow or another is a partisan in the race at the not the race, but this trial, this case, and that the thing may be riggedt wi in favor of president trump because president trump nominatethe judgd appointed herf