On the day after former President Donald Trump was indicted for a fourth time by a partisan prosecutor, NBC Nightly News admitted that these indictments were having the effect of full-blown election interference that benefitted the Biden campaign and Democrats in the 2024 election.
“This fourth indictment puts Mr. Trump's legal troubles on even more of a collision course with his campaign. So far, it appears to have boosted the Republican front-runner,” anchor Lester Holt proclaimed.
Picking up where Holt left off, senior congressional correspondent Garrett Haake optimistically reported that “the historic fourth indictment of Donald Trump tonight shaking up the 2024 campaign.”
“The Republican front-runner slamming the charges as another witch-hunt by a Democratic D.A. And vowing to release what he calls a conclusive report on Monday proving his disproven claims of election fraud in Georgia,” Haake added.
From there, Haake aired soundbites of prominent Republicans and 2024 presidential candidates who are all running against Trump, coming to his defense:
SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-SC): This should be decided at the ballot box, not a bunch of liberal jurisdictions trying to put the man in jail.
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SEN. TIM SCOTT (R-SC): We see the legal system being weaponized against political opponents. That is un-American and unacceptable.
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CHRIS CHRISTIE: I'm uncomfortable with what I read last night. I think that this conduct is essentially covered by the federal indictment.
Haake continued to boast about how these indictments could hurt Trump’s standing in the polls this time:
While previous indictments have been a boost for the Republican front-runner the Georgia case could be more politically damaging with televised court proceedings likely to drag on through all of 2024 in a critical battleground state where the popular Republican governor and Trump critic Brian Kemp is a potential witness against him.
Perfectly illustrating how the election interference was going to unfold, Haake noted: “The Georgia indictment adding to a legal minefield during the heat of the campaign. Trump's arraignment likely happening near the first GOP debate.”
He even laid out how the court calendar was going to make it hard for the former President to campaign for another term. “Then there's that looming federal election interference case prosecutors want to start just before the Iowa caucus in January,” Haake explained. “Plus, a March 25 trial over hush money payments in Manhattan and a May 20 trial in Florida on the classified documents case.”
NBC, like the rest of the left-wing media, was clearly happy that a former President and current candidate was under a constant barrage of indictments.
They should be careful what they wish for. As Daily Wire host Ben Shapiro wrote on Twitter on Tuesday morning, “Whatever you think of the Trump indictments, one thing is for certain: the glass has now been broken over and over again. Political opponents can be targeted by legal enemies. Running for office now carries the legal risk of going to jail--on all sides.”
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The transcript is below:
NBC Nightly News
8/15/2023
6:36:04 p.m. Eastern
1 minute 50 secondsLESTER HOLT: This fourth indictment puts Mr. Trump's legal troubles on even more of a collision course with his campaign. So far it appears to have boosted the Republican front-runner. Garrett Haake now on whether these charges could prove different.
GARRETT HAAKE: The historic fourth indictment of Donald Trump tonight shaking up the 2024 campaign. The Republican front-runner slamming the charges as another witch-hunt by a Democratic D.A. And vowing to release what he calls a conclusive report on Monday proving his disproven claims of election fraud in Georgia. Trump allies blasting the growing set of charges he's facing.
SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM: This should be decided at the ballot box, not a bunch of liberal jurisdictions trying to put the man in jail.
HAAKE: The Georgia case also criticized by Trump rivals.
SEN. TIM SCOTT: We see the legal system being weaponized against political opponents. That is un-American and unacceptable.
HAAKE: Even a fierce Trump critic.
CHRIS CHRISTIE: I'm uncomfortable with what I read last night. I think that this conduct is essentially covered by the federal indictment.
HAAKE: But while previous indictments have been a boost for the Republican front-runner the Georgia case could be more politically damaging with televised court proceedings likely to drag on through all of 2024 in a critical battleground state where the popular Republican governor and Trump critic Brian Kemp is a potential witness against him.
Kemp posting today: “The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen. Our elections in Georgia are secure, accessible, and fair.” The Georgia indictment adding to a legal minefield during the heat of the campaign. Trump's arraignment likely happening near the first GOP debate. Then there's that looming federal election interference case prosecutors want to start just before the Iowa caucus in January. Plus, a March 25 trial over hush money payments in Manhattan and a May 20 trial in Florida on the classified documents case.
