The entire panel on MSNBC's "The Weekend" urged Manhattan Attorney General Alvin Bragg to blow off a demand from House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) to explain his successful prosecution of Donald Trump.
On Friday, Bragg left open the possibility he would appear before the Republican-dominated House committee which led "The Weekend" co-host Micheal Steele to flip out and urge the DA to avoid what will certainly turn into a circus as Jordan's hearings typically do.
"This brother needs to stay his behind home," the former RNC chair exclaimed. "He does not need to do this because all this is the biggest punking move of the year."
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"If he shows up, those individuals on that committee are there for one purpose and that is to hang him politically," he added. "That is what it is. The sound bites are just the beginning of it. Because remember, the president, whether you do it now or after sentencing, there is an appeals process— this thing isn't over, this is still going."
"Why would he want to legitimize the take-down of his prosecution , the successful takedown of his prosecution of a former president based on the facts and the law, right?" he elaborated. "A jury found Donald Trump and convicted him. Why go back and be subjected to a political process where the feds have no authority and Congress has no authority here to call him up and ask him about his prosecution?"
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