Jonathan Turley Tells Fox & Friends He Was ‘Amazed’ By Trump’s Calm Demeanor in Court Just Before Verdicts

Fox & Friends reacted to the guilty verdict handed down on Thursday to former President Donald Trump wondering what the history-making conviction would mean for the justice system. For analysis, they turned to legal analyst Jonathan Turley, who has been so steadfast in his belief that there was no crime committed in Trump’s hush money case that Trump regularly cited him during his courthouse rants.

Turley had harsh words on Friday for Judge Juan Merchan for the way he treated Trump throughout the trial, saying that “Merchan would make his court a mockery” if he sentenced Trump to anything that didn’t accommodate his presidential campaign schedule. Turley also told the co-hosts that he believed this unanimous conviction “will be reversed.”

He also had flattering words about Trump himself as the verdict was announced:

Ainsley Earhardt: What legal precedent does this set for our country?

Turley: It’s not good. But obviously, in my view, you know, sitting in that courtroom, you really did have a sense of the weight of history. It was dead silent. The pressure was… You could see it on everyone’s face. Even the reporters. The only one that didn’t seem to register it was Donald Trump. I mean, some defendants have that look of “I’m going to jail.” He had that look of “I’m going to dinner.” I mean, he was… I was amazed, because I’ve sat next to defendants in court and it did not look like that EKG moved at all.

But there was a sense of history being made. The question is, what is that history? Obviously, we’ve made history in convicting the first time, a president. But there’s also history for a lot of people that this really puts into sharp relief a weaponization of the criminal justice system to a degree that we haven’t seen since the administration of John Adams. And it may have a transformative effect. Sometimes great legal reforms and positive things come from mistakes and abuses. One positive thing here could be that it would galvanize the country to say, regardless of how you feel about Donald Trump, this is wrong. It’s wrong on the law. It’s wrong to use the criminal justice system in this way.

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