Trump Goes to Bat for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in New Interview

Donald Trump on Wednesday night heaped praise onto Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, along with others on the recently scandal-scarred panel.

In a wide-ranging and apparently last-minute interview with right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino, Trump also made his usual pronouncements about the “sham” hush money trial in Manhattan—which is now in jury deliberations. The former president complained about his gag order, slammed the “unbelievable” judge (“they got themselves a beauty”) and even took aim at the jury for requesting Judge Juan Merchan to repeat his instructions.

“It’s very confusing to people, the bottom line is there is no crime,” Trump claimed, noting, “it’s been good for poll numbers any way.”

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