ABC’s Jon Karl Calls Trump Felony Charges ‘Tawdry’: ‘Why Is This Even Being Prosecuted?’

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KARL: Ultimately, the only criminal trial that happened related to the past and future President was the one in New York, a pretty complicated case involving payments that his fixer and lawyer made to a porn actress…

HEAPHY: Falsification of records.

KARL: Falsification of records itself wasn’t a felony. But if you tied it to a campaign finance violation because you make the argument he did it so it wouldn’t hurt his campaign if she had spoken out. I mean it’s a pretty complicated, tawdry set of—and you think that’s the thing that he went on trial for. But not [January 6th].

HEAPHY: Yes.

KARL: I mean how much of a problem—Cause I mean frankly, a fair observer could look at that New York case and say, “Why is this even being prosecuted?”

HEAPHY: Well, and I think [Trump] did say that—

KARL: Well, he said it but I think a fair observer can say it...