'Nobody has touched Donald Trump': Jeanine Pirro slams prosecution as hush money trial enters 11th day
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, aka Judge Jeanine, shared her take on the New York hush-money trial of former President Donald Trump on the Friday, May 3 episode of 'The Five.'
She was joined by her fellow panel members who discussed how the prosecution against the presumptive GOP nominee faced an "embarrassing" setback, as they were yet unable to prove their case "beyond reasonable doubt, or at all."
Judge Jeanine's opinion on the case's progress
"If they continue along this vein, there will be an acquittal even by a pro-Democrat, anti-Trump jury," Jeanine told her co-panelists, though she did warn against the alleged biases of the jurors.
"Remember, everyone said that they could be fair, but just about everybody hates Donald Trump ... on this jury."
"But I think the significant thing is David Pecker when he testified ... said that he didn't discuss this with Donald Trump and he certainly didn't discuss the fact that this was a campaign contribution," she continued.
"Davidson would not ... agree that this was hush money. He said it was a consideration which is part of a contract, and he denied that it was hush money."
"Today we had Hope Hicks (and he) did not lay a finger on Donald Trump. So we are on day 11 with the ninth witness and nobody has touched Donald Trump. What this tells me is that Michael Cohen is the key here. Trump and his lawyers will destroy him," she asserted.
Judge Jeanine explains 'reasonable doubt' in hush-money case
Jeanine stressed the fact that the jury in the Trump trial has to be unanimous in their conviction of the former president if it comes to it, but there was reasonable doubt as the case stands at present for that to happen.
"The (prosecution) have the obligation to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt to 12 people... And if there is an explanation other than what the prosecution suggests, that is reasonable doubt."
She went on to state that Hicks claimed in his testimony that Trump was worried about Melania (his wife) finding out about his affair with Stormy Daniels.
"That is proof that this was not about a campaign contribution ... this was about saving (Trump's) marriage ... which is a classic example of why men enter NDAs," she said.
