Former President Donald Trump's "hate rally" in the Bronx on Thursday put the whole community in danger, said former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner in a Friday edition of his "Justice Matters" show — and more than that, it may have violated the rules placed on him by the court as a defendant.
Trump's rally, which in typical fashion had far fewer people than Trump claimed it did, is the latest of his attempts to campaign around his criminal trial in Manhattan, and was billed as an event to connect with Black and Hispanic voters.
"If Donald Trump's lips are moving, he's probably lying, inciting violence, or both, all while being on pre-trial release in multiple criminal cases," said Kirschner, adding that Trump is the "very embodiment of hatred."
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Immigrants and "drugged-out homeless people living in our places" were key targets of his rants this time, said Kirschner — and he praised dictators like Vladimir Putin, while inviting rappers accused of a murder conspiracy onstage. "Boy, what uplifting messages," he said.
This is going to encourage violence, said Kirschner — after all, when Trump attacked Asian-Americans, calling COVID the "Kung Flu," we saw a huge spike in anti-Asian hate crimes. And when he urged people to come to the Capitol on January 6, they did so.
"The law actually has a mechanism to deal with danger posed by Donald Trump," noted Kirschner — specifically, when a defendant poses a danger to the community when on pre-trial release, that release can be revoked. After all, "he could have been confined, imprisoned, incarcerated" just for his contempt of court incidents. And yet "we sacrifice everyone" to let him be free and be a presidential candidate — and endanger homeless people and immigrants, judges and jurors, just as he did Asian-Americans.
"We sacrifice everyone to the dangerous, reckless, violence-inducing behavior of one man," Kirschner said. And the saving grace is that the trial in Manhattan will see closing arguments soon, which may portend Trump's first criminal conviction — and a real punishment, which he is hopeful Judge Juan Merchan will bring, "otherwise there is no value to trying someone and convicting someone."
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