‘I Don’t Think That’s Evidence of Anything!’ CNN’s Abby Phillip Torpedoes Ex-Trump Official’s Attack on Biden

CNN anchor Abby Phillip torpedoed the claim that President Joe Biden is “weaponizing” justice against ex-President Donald Trump in an interview with a former Trump cabinet official.

On Wednesday night’s edition of CNN NewsNight, Phillip interviewed former HUD Secretary Ben Carson about his recent endorsement of Trump, and repeatedly challenged his assertion that Trump is the victim of persecution by Biden, telling him he wasn’t providing “any evidence” to back up his assertion:

PHILLIP: But what evidence do you have, Dr. Carson, that the Justice Department has been weaponized against Trump specifically? I mean, there’s no evidence of that.

CARSON: Well, let’s put it this way. Al Capone, who was a notorious killer, had one indictment, and Donald Trump has four indictments. That would tell you something right there.

PHILLIP: I don’t think that’s evidence of anything except that Donald Trump allegedly has committed conduct that has resulted in indictments.

CARSON: It’s evidence that you have a group of people, a system that is out to get this president, and they feel that he is an existential threat to their existence. And we have to recognize that America was designed for the people. It wasn’t designed for the government.

PHILLIP: Well, you’re suggesting that this current administration, which is the president, President Biden, a Democrat, is weaponizing the Justice Department. I didn’t really hear any evidence there, but here’s what other Republicans have said. This is Adam Kinzinger, Liz Cheney. They have said that this election is about preserving democracy, and they’ve been pretty explicit that they think Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy.

As someone who’s endorsed him, can you point to anything that Donald Trump has done to defend American democracy?

CARSON: I can’t point to anything that he has done that is a threat to democracy. And that’s a real question here if you say.

PHILLIP: What about January 6th? What about his actions after the November election in 2020 where he tried to undermine the results of a free and fair election? What about that?

Watch above via CNN NewsNight.