Glenn Kirschner – a former U.S. Military prosecutor and present MSNBC authorized analyst – warned of the risk that Donald Trump poses to witnesses and jurors as he declared that the previous president is a “hazard.”
“I’m involved that the judges haven’t but stepped as much as handle the hazard, the continued hazard, the demonstrated hazard of Donald Trump to witnesses, to jurors, to prosecutors, to judges and to their households,” Kirschner informed SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah in an interview shared Friday.
“I hope in some unspecified time in the future the judges notice that Donald Trump is a hazard to the group and he needs to be detained pending trial as a result of that can start to neutralize the risk, partly since you’ll take his megaphone away. I believe we’re going to be having that dialog within the months to come back.”
Kirschner’s remarks observe a number of situations the place Trump has hurled social media assaults at prosecutors together with particular counsel Jack Smith, Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg, New York Legal professional Basic Letitia James and Fulton County District Legal professional Fani Willis.
Georgia officers, in August, additionally stated they’re investigating threats made to grand jurors who indicted Trump and 18 others final month.
Obeidallah, on Friday, requested the ex-federal prosecutor whether or not Trump “eclipse[s] the issues” he has had towards individuals he has tried in previous circumstances.
Kirschner, earlier than discussing Trump, described coping with a legal group that he tied to 30 killings the place there was an nameless jury and different safety measures in place because of the “hazard” posed by the group.
“And guess what? They nonetheless obtained to a number of the jurors and a number of the jurors needed to be dismissed mid-trial,” stated Kirschner, including that he’s tried circumstances with the “most rigorous safety measures” in D.C.
“I’ve a good graver concern for Donald Trump as a result of his attain is so broad, his followers are so rabid at instances and so indifferent from actuality. I’m sorry, this can be a cult.”
H/T: Mediaite
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