'Deck is stacked against him': Legal analyst Gregg Jarrett discusses Donald Trump's upcoming hush money trial on 'Fox & Friends'

With a NY Appeals Court rejecting Trump's motion to delay his criminal trial in the hush money case, Jarrett argued that the process is 'politically driven'
PUBLISHED APR 13, 2024
Brian Kilmeade and Gregg Jarrett discuss Donald Trump's hush money case on the April 11, 2024 episode of 'Fox & Friends' (Screengrab/Fox News)
Brian Kilmeade and Gregg Jarrett discuss Donald Trump's hush money case on the April 11, 2024 episode of 'Fox & Friends' (Screengrab/Fox News)

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett joined co-host Brian Kilmeade to discuss the upcoming legal trials of former President Donald Trump on Thursday, April 11 episode of 'Fox & Friends.'

With a New York Appeals Court rejecting Trump's motion to delay his criminal trial in the hush money case, Jarrett argued that the process is "politically driven," and is overseen by a biased judge and jury.

Reportedly, the presumptive GOP nominee for 2024 sought to relocate and postpone the trial concerning criminal charges linked to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's hush-money payments inquiry, as per Fox News. Currently, jury selection is scheduled to commence on April 15.

Gregg Jarrett complains against the judge and jury

"Trump is fighting for a fair trial and an impartial jury. That's his constitutional right under the Sixth Amendment," Jarrett told Kilmeade on the show. "But in Manhattan, as you say, the deck is stacked against him."

"You've got a biased judge, a jury pool dominated by Trump-hating New Yorkers," he continued, proceeding to call out a family member of the justice.

"(Trump) is right, I think, to demand that the trial judge recuse himself because his adult daughter has a vested interest in her father's case. She runs a Democratic consulting firm that solicited tens of millions of dollars by citing her father's case. She has a financial interest in the outcome. And under ethical rules, that's a disqualifying conflict of interest."

Former President Donald Trump listens as his attorney Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference at 40 Wall Street after a pre-trial hearing on March 25, 2024 in New York City. Judge Juan Merchan scheduled Trump's criminal trial to begin on April 15, which would make it the first criminal prosecution of a former American president. Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records last year, which prosecutors say was an effort to hide a potential sex scandal, both before and after the 2016 election. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Former President Donald Trump listens as his attorney Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference at 40 Wall Street after a pre-trial hearing on March 25, 2024, in New York City  (Photo by Michael M Santiago/Getty Images)

Gregg Jarrett highlights political vendetta against Trump

"Trump's other challenge is based on immunity, which is, of course, under review by the US Supreme Court," noted Jarrett.

"Some of the allegations and evidence against him in the New York case took place while he was president. Why not wait until the high court decides that issue? Oral arguments are in just a couple of weeks, but there is a rush to convict Trump in advance of the election," he added.



 

Calling the NY justice system "oblivious" and "delusional," he later pointed out, "These indictments all have one common denominator. They're politically driven and Americans see this for what it is – an abuse of our legal system meant to interfere in the presidential election."

"But polls show it's backfiring, only solidifying Trump's support. And voters see him really as a villain – not as a villain, rather, but as a victim of unscrupulous political enemies who are weaponizing the law," he added.

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