On Tuesday’s Morning Joe, Scarborough demanded that Donald Trump be jailed if he violates the gag order issued yesterday by Judge Tanya Chutkan in the federal election interference case. Indeed, the panel’s working assumption was that it was a question of when, not if, Trump would violate the order.
They always want the “walls closing in” on Trump.
Scarborough had a long back-and-forth with former US Attorney Chuck Rosenberg, who was the comparative voice of reason. Rosenberg said the situation was complicated, and that Chutkan would have to weigh her options. Where is the rhetorical line Trump shouldn’t cross?
Scarborough snidely challenged Rosenberg, saying “I don’t know where you practiced, but where I practiced” a defendant criticizing the prosecution and court would be jailed.
Rosenberg seemed to take umbrage at Scarborough’s crack, …