Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman sent “The View” host Sunny Hostin into a tizzy Monday when he asserted President Trump’s New York City “hush money” trial had been politically motivated.
Appearing on the far-left ABC chat show in his trademark hoodie, Fetterman started out by covering a wide range of topics with the hosts, from Hunter Biden to Trump’s pardoning of the Jan. 6 rioters.
The first-term senator had already rankled his fellow Democrats by visiting Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this month — a meeting he called “overall, a positive experience” on The View, adding that he felt the president was “kind” and “cordial” during their hourlong conversation.
While discussing Hunter Biden on the show, Fetterman then let slip that he believed Trump’s widely publicized Manhattan trial — in which he was given a no-penalty sentence Jan. 10 — was more about politics than the facts of the case.
“I’m on record criticizing, going after Hunter Biden. And I also agree that the [Trump hush-money] trial in this city, in New York, was politically motivated,” Fetterman said.
“That wouldn’t otherwise have been prosecuted if it was someone else,” he said, noting he was “all about delivering second chances.”
Hostin, through thinly veiled outrage, held Fetterman’s feet to the fire on his assertion.
“Just for clarification: Did you mean that the 34-count case in which Donald Trump was found guilty of various financial crimes was politically motivated here in New York?” the former prosecutor asked.
Fetterman held strong, insisting it was “inappropriate” anytime the “judicial system gets weaponized” and “targets enemies for political game,” regardless of the parties involved.
“Whether that’s a Democrat going after a Republican or a Republican going after a Democrat, I like to think I call it strikes and balls because the judicial system has to remain impartial. That’s really the cornerstone of our society,” he said.
Fetterman isn’t the only Democrat to argue that lefty Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump was politically motivated.
This summer, Dem former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on an episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” “if his name was not Donald Trump and if he wasn’t running for president — I’m the former AG of New York — I’m telling you that case never would have been brought.”