Fox News host Harris Faulkner warned attorney Phil Holloway that his defense of former President Donald Trump went against biblical rules.
During a Tuesday discussion about a possible indictment against Trump, Holloway argued that the former president had not broken any laws by paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels.
"These types of arrangements are made on a regular basis," he explained. "These non-disclosure agreements, they're matters of contract. They are not at all uncommon, not for celebrities, not for politicians. They are commonplace, and there's nothing illegal about them."
"There's nothing illegal, for that matter, about being a philanderer, and you can actually legally pay people to not talk about that if, in fact, it happens," he added.
Trump is wondering if those who are leaking information about him from the DOJ will be investigated or prosecuted.
CNN released news of a recording on Wednesday that revealed Donald Trump was potentially taped bragging he had a classified report at his office in Bedminster, New Jersey, and he knew he couldn't show them to other people.
Within an hour of the report breaking and spreading across cable news, Trump attacked former U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins, who resigned on Tuesday after she was found to have leaked information to a friend running for office.
"Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor leaked sensitive information from the Justice Department in an effort to help a friend win an election, and hurt the opponent," Trump said. The prosecutor just resigned. Big ramifications. BUT WAIT, all of the Democrat 'Persecutors' that are trying to Interfere (sic) with the 2024 Presidential Election are leaking constantly, and illegally, about me. Will they be resigning, and will there be an investigation into their leaking? There should be!"
"Leaks from radical partisans behind this political persecution are designed to inflame tensions and continue the media’s harassment of President Trump and his supporters," the campaign said in a statement. "It’s just more proof that when it comes to President Trump, there are absolutely no depths to which they will not sink as they pursue their witch hunts. The DOJ’s continued interference in the presidential election is shameful and this meritless investigation should cease wasting the American taxpayer’s money on Democrat political objectives."
It's unclear if the tape came from the Justice Department. It was recorded by biographers that worked with Mark Meadows on his autobiography. They met Trump in 2021 at Bedminster to talk about various points in the administration and ask questions about Meadows.
Trump appears to be linking the two together. A Massachusetts prosecutor resigned for leaking and information, and information about him was being leaked by the DOJ. The Massachusetts prosecutor didn't resign due to the new information about Trump.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign was rattled this week by an embarrassing leak from a strategy meeting with donors, with leaked audio and slides showing aides trying to put a positive spin on data that clearly showed Trump has an advantage in the 2024 primary and that an unusually large chunk of voters have negative views of DeSantis despite high name recognition.
But perhaps just as embarrassing as the leak itself might be how the leak happened, according to Peter Schorsch, publisher of Florida Politics, the campaign insider site which first broke the leak.
The first hint of how it happened came from a tweet by DeSantis spokesperson and campaign official Christina Pushaw, showing a picture of the person claimed to be the leaker and saying, "As you can see, not a member of our team. Team DeSantis does not leak. But larger events with many outside attendees sometimes run the risk of infiltration."
Schorsch then confirmed Pushaw's account — and added a new twist.
"My source who was a conduit to me receiving the audio from the DeSantis donor briefing confirms this was the source of the audio," tweeted Schorsch. "this person says he was invited to the briefing after interacting with a @RonDeSantis campaign staffer on the dating app @Hinge."
Alex Bruesewitz, a Republican consultant aligned with former President Donald Trump, ruthlessly mocked the DeSantis campaign over the revelation: "It came from a HINGE dating app match of one Team DeSantis’ staff members," wrote Bruesewitz, asking Pushaw, "who on your team is inviting Hinge matches to donor retreats?!"
This comes as new polling shows that DeSantis is a distant second behind Trump. DeSantis' current strategy is to invest heavily in Iowa, the first contest of the cycle, in the hope that a potential win there could be leveraged into greater national attention which would allow him to stay in until Florida's contest, where a huge amount of delegates are up for grabs.
The Trump campaign on Wednesday issued a fiery rebuke to the Department of Justice alleging the agency leaked information to CNN after the outlet reported that federal prosecutors are in possession of audio in which the former president admits he kept a classified document describing a potential attack on Iran.
Trump is heard on the recording suggesting that, although he wishes to share the information, he’s aware that as a former president he can’t declassify them, multiple sources told the cable news channel, indicating he understood he was in possession of classified material.
CNN has not heard the audio.
The Trump campaign accused the DOJ of engaging in “political persecution” that aims to further divide the country in a statement obtained by Kaitlan Collins.
“Leaks from radical partisans behind this political persecution are designed to inflame tensions and continue the media’s harassment of President Trump and his supporters,” the statement said.
“It’s just more proof that when it comes to President Trump, there are absolutely no depths to which they will not sink as they pursue their witch hunts. The DOJ’s continued interference in the presidential election is shameful and this meritless investigation should cease wasting the American taxpayer’s money on Democrat political objectives.”
According to the report, prosecutors have interviewed witnesses before a federal grand jury about the about the recording and the document, and Gen. Mark Milley, was also questioned.
Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid, and Collins write for CNN that “Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the Justice Department investigation into Trump, has focused on the meeting as part of the criminal investigation into Trump’s handling of national security secrets. Sources describe the recording as an ‘important piece of evidence in a possible case against Trump,' who has repeatedly asserted he could retain presidential records and ‘automatically’ declassify documents.”
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