‘Did Trump ask you?’ CNN host puts Trump ally on spot as he attacks judge’s daughter
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Donald Trump ally and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum was put on the spot Tuesday as he appeared to violate a judge’s gag order while being interviewed by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
Burgum, who accompanied Trump to his hush money trial, was speaking as the trial resumed after a lunch break. While repeating many of Trump’s talking points about the trial being a political witchhunt, he claimed the judge and his daughter were politically biased. He also attacked the witness currently giving testimony, Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen. “[People] see right through this thing when you've got a judge that donated to Joe Biden, when you've got prosecutors that supported Joe Biden, when you've got the judge's family members that are benefiting financially as Democrat operatives and then when you've got, as you just said, the lead in this whole trial rests on the credibility of someone who spent three hours this morning describing in great detail how he lied to a grand jury, how he lied to Congress, and how he lost in in court cases. “And so this is it's just a tough thing. The prosecution's got a tough job to try to build their case on someone who's a serial perjurer.” ALSO READ: Marjorie Taylor Greene delays financial disclosure day after motion-to-vacate debacleA gag order put in place by Judge Juan Merchan forbids Trump from talking about witnesses, jurors, court staff or their families. Trump has already been found to have violated it 10 times But the order will also be violated if Trump asks somebody else to talk about them. Collins jumped on that fact. ‘I believe [the Joe Biden donation] was to the tune of $35,” she said. “And then you also mentioned his daughter and her political work, that was something also that the former president heatedly attacked him for, attacked her for on social media until his gag order that he's under right now was expanded to include members of the judge's family and also members of the prosecution's family. “Did Donald Trump ask you to come out and criticize the judge's daughter?” “No, not whatsoever,” replied Bergum. “I'm here completely as a volunteer.” Trump is facing 34 charges of business fraud involving hush money payments allegedly paid to an adult movie actress to silence her claims she had a sexual relationship with him. Watch the video below or at this link. |