Jesse Watters claims Donald Trump indictments could propel former president to 'landslide' victory
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Fox News host Jesse Watters, argued that the indictments against Donald Trump are unjust and could potentially lead to a significant victory for the former president due to sympathetic voters.
Trump is currently facing criminal charges in four different jurisdictions. Two of these cases are linked to his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election.
Trump faces multiple legal challenges amid political backlash
Additionally, Trump has been accused of unlawfully retaining classified documents after leaving office.
Moreover, Trump is confronting 34 felony charges in Manhattan for allegedly falsifying business records to hide payments related to hush money.
Despite these accusations, he has pleaded not guilty to a total of 88 counts.
Right-wing media has echoed Trump's narrative of a "witch hunt," characterizing all charges as politically motivated.
Some conservative voices have gone as far as to suggest that these indictments might actually benefit Trump, potentially bolstering his campaign as the expected Republican nominee against President Joe Biden in the upcoming November elections.
“Brilliant move by Democrats,” Watters said on 'The Five' on Fox News.
He added, “You’re indicting this guy so many times, and then he can’t talk about how unfair it is? You’re rigging the election and he says ‘You’re rigging the election,’ and then he gets thrown in jail for saying you’re rigging this election. This is probably the best campaign strategy the Democrats have ever come up with.”
Trump's social media activity under gag order draws prosecutorial scrutiny
Despite being under a gag order that prohibits him from discussing court members and their families (excluding Judge Juan Merchan), the former president recently shared a social media post from Jesse Watters.
According to the Washington Post, prosecutors pointed out that he had shared links on social media to articles labeling his former lawyer Michael Cohen, a crucial government witness, as a "serial perjurer."
Additionally, prosecutors raised concerns about Trump sharing a comment from Fox News commentator Jesse Watters, in which Watters alleged that Trump's legal team had uncovered "undercover liberal activists lying to the judge" during the jury selection process.
Watters went on to express his belief that there is minimal anecdotal support for Biden, hinting at a potentially significant victory for Trump in the upcoming general election.
“And so, this could be a landslide that nobody sees coming because of how unfair this is,” he continued.
“I would make them put me in jail. I would have a tweet about something, maybe perhaps I said on 'The Five' or 'Jesse Watters Primetime', and I would force them to throw me in jail if I were Donald Trump," Watters concluded.
