Internet slams 'embarrassing' Jamie Raskin as he issues 'very serious' warning on Trump's hush money trial

Jamie Raskin said Americans will closely watch Donald Trump's hush money trial despite the ex-prez's supporters downplaying its significance
PUBLISHED APR 15, 2024
Rep Jamie Raskin warned Donald Trump about the potential effect of hush money trial on Americans (Getty Images)
Rep Jamie Raskin warned Donald Trump about the potential effect of hush money trial on Americans (Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: Democratic congressman Jamie Raskin labeled former President Donald Trump's hush money case "very serious," warning him Americans will pay attention to whatever is going on in the court and the final result, Mediaite reported.

In an MSNBC interview with Jen Psaki on Sunday, April 14, the Maryland lawmaker criticized Trump supporters for diminishing the importance of the nature of the criminal trial. After a series of the presumptive GOP nominee's failed attempts to delay, the trial will start on April 15.

Jamie Raskin on Trump's hush money trial

Weighing in on the historic moment when Trump will become the first former president to go to trial for a criminal case, Raskin said, "Trump's people would like to trivialize and diminish the meaning of this trial, but in fact, it's perfectly emblematic of the others that are out there."

Trump's attorney, Will Scharf, downplayed the significance of the ex-president's first criminal trial, describing it as a "six-week-long media extravaganza." Incidentally, the trial is taking place amid the ex-president's ongoing campaign to secure a second White House term. Similarly, Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt called it a "Biden Trial" and a "Democrat-orchestrated witch hunt," according to HuffPost.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: Former President Donald Trump exits the courtroom after testifying at his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on November 06, 2023 in New York City. Trump testified in the civil fraud trial that alleges that he and his two sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump conspired to inflate his net worth on financial statements provided to banks and insurers to secure loans. New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued seeking $250 million in damages. His sons testified in the trial last week and his daughter Ivanka Trump is scheduled to testify on Wednesday after her lawyers were unable to block her testimony. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Donald Trump will become the first former US president to face a criminal trial (Michael M Santiago/Getty Images)

Pointing out Trump supporters' tepid stance on the crucial trial, Raskin continued, "They're all about electoral interference and manipulation. They tried it with violence. And we're going to see that in the DC case. They tried it with fraud. We're going to see that in the Georgia case. And here they tried it with payoffs and then cooking the books. Financial manipulation. That's what it's about."

The Democratic lawmaker then gave a reality check to Trump, stating, "It's a very serious case. And I think the Trump people are going to be shocked how tuned-in America is to what's going on here."

The hush money trial will start with jury selection in the Manhattan court, where prosecutors claim Trump falsified business records shortly before the 2016 presidential election to pay adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to buy her silence about his extramarital affair with her.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 16: Stormy Daniels attends the XBIZ Awards 2020 on January 16, 202
Donald Trump allegedly paid hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election (Getty Images)

The trial, likely to last six weeks, is the first of the four criminal indictments against the former president.

Internet blasts Jamie Raskin

Raskin faced intense social media criticism for warning Trump on the criminal trial.

One user wrote, "Raskin is embarrassing."



 

"Raskin is tuned in just not sure he’s on the correct frequency with the rest of the planet Nobody cares about stormy dude," another person remarked.



 

A third user added, "Hyper partisan Raskin is salivating that Dems might be able to get Trump conviction using a corrupt DA who twisted law & made a misdemeanor past the statute of limitations a felony...using laws as nvr meant to be used w a Dem Party activist as judge in all blue city. Sounds fair."



 

"The democrat witch hunt hyenas can't seem to learn that America sees right through them. It's a nauseating view," a fourth response read. Meanwhile, another wrote, "Raskin is TRASH."



 



 

Someone else fumed, "Raskin is a SWAMP STOOGE..." One individual added, "Reskin is delusional with extreme TDS."



 



 

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