Maggie Haberman Piles On Trump Over Weakness Of Comey Case

New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman piled on with reasons why President Donald Trump may be hurting the case against former FBI Director James Comey.

After Trump publicly pressured Attorney General Pam Bondi this week to go after a list of enemies in a DM-style Truth Social post and again in remarks to reporters, the Comey indictment dropped on Thursday, with a defiant Comey pledging to fight it out in court.

But many have observed that Trump, who continues to rail against Comey uncontrollably, could be helping Comey build a case for malicious prosecution.

Haberman was a guest on Tuesday night’s edition of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, during which she pointed out the facts supporting “vindictive prosecution” — as well as more evidence of “red flags” in the case against Comey:

COOPER: Is it clear to you if that that post he made, to citing address to Pam, was that meant to be a post? It ended up being taken down. It seemed almost — you know, I mean, it would seem he called her Pam, it seemed almost like a note. Do you know anything about that?

HABERMAN: I believe that it was intended for her private consumption and then he reposted it afterwards. Because he never acknowledges a mistake and always doubles down. You know, I don’t think that that was meant to be a rallying cry that the entire general public heard. But once it was, he leaned into it and he told reporters at the White House, you know, they have to act and they have to act fast. So, it’s a little hard to unring that bell, Anderson.

You know, look, we have no idea how this case will play out. But his various statements have given fodder almost certainly to Comey’s lawyers to argue against this case.

COOPER: Yes, I mean, there’s such a thing as vindictive prosecution and a lot of the legal professionals I’ve been talking to are saying if ever there was a case, this is a case which maybe could be made given the President’s statements and also that that post.

HABERMAN: Yes, look, you know, again, I think that most defense lawyers would probably use that that post in some kind of a legal filing trying to get this case thrown out, be it arguing, vindictive, an vindictive prosecution argument which is, it’s not often successful to make that claim, but there can be other arguments against the evidence.

And I think, you know, that post plus the fact that there were prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia who put memorialized on in a memo that they didn’t think that they’re, that the case was strong enough to take to trial, that they thought that it was it was too weak to try to win a conviction on. All of that could raise red flags.

And again, you know, there’s so little we know about this case, Anderson. I mean, you know, we’ve all been talking about this all day. CNN has various news outlets have there’s so little we know about this that, you know, it’s a little hard to say exactly what we’re talking about. But yes, I think based on what we have seen and how, you know, it’s a its a two page indictment. I assume that Comey’s lawyers are going to make a robust filing.

COOPER: Maggie Haberman, thank you very much, appreciate it.

Watch above via Anderson Cooper 360.