Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker shared his concerns that Donald Trump won’t face a “fair” jury ahead of his criminal hush money trial.
Whitaker, who was appointed to acting attorney general by Trump when he was president, appeared on NewsMax’s Saturday Report to offer his legal analysis of what he called a “weak case” against the former president. Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in New York, to which he has pled not guilty. This is the only criminal trial that has the potential to issue a verdict before the 2024 elections.
FILE – In this Feb. 8, 2019 file photo , then Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Whitaker has left the Justice Department. Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec says Whitaker’s last day was Saturday. His future plans were not immediately clear. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
“But remember, President Trump is not going to be able to get a fair jury and an impartial jury in Manhattan, in New York City, because 70-plus percent voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 elec …