Mary Trump Lashes Out At ‘Ridiculous’ Prosecution Argument Against Jailing Trump For Contempt
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Host of The Mary Trump Show podcast and strident Trump critic Mary Trump told MSNBC host Ali Velshi it’s “ridiculous” that prosecutors argue not to jail former President Donald Trump because they think that’s what he wants.
One much-discussed facet of the Stormy Daniels hush money-election interference trial has been the repeated gag order violations that have now resulted in a tenth contempt finding and a serious threat of jail time. A subplot of this dynamic involves the theory that Trump wants to be sent to jail in order to galvanize his base.
On Sunday morning’s edition of MSNBC’s Velshi, before the latest contempt ruling, Mary lashed out at that argument, telling Velshi her uncle’s alleged wishes should not enter in to the decision:
ALI VELSHI: Donald Trump was fined $9,000 for violating a gag order. Not much money to him these days. He faced a second hearing about more apparent violations, and the judge warned him that if he keeps this up, a so-called incarcerated punishment or jail might be necessary.
Nothing seems to cause him to let up. He continues to attack Judge Merchan. He continues to attack Alvin Bragg. They’re of course not. They’re not protected by these orders. What do you think’s going on here?
MARY TRUMP: I think Donald is doing exactly what he’s been given permission to do and what he’s always been doing. Nothing stops him because nobody is stopping him.
It seems absolutely absurd to me that the prosecution is going out of its way to argue that there should not be an incarcerated penalty at this point, because what is that financial fine going to do? Nothing!
Because as the judge himself pointed out, that is not a deterrent to Donald Trump. He’ll he’ll pay that fine all day long because apparently the judge can’t find him more than $1,000 per offense. So the offenses will keep piling up unless and until something serious is done.
Because, first of all, it doesn’t matter if Donald Trump is angling for jail time, which is another argument the prosecution has made. That’s ridiculous, first of all.
But secondly, it doesn’t matter! You don’t fine somebody or punish somebody based on what they want, right? You punish them based on the offenses in front of you.
So, until somebody is willing to step up– and we’ve seen this even in the, civil trials, it still isn’t enough because he’s getting the money from somewhere else, to, cover the, the fraud trial, New York City or his, payments to E. Jean Carroll. Somebody has to understand that this person will continue to push the envelope for as long as he’s allowed to. We’ve seen it in our politics, and now we’re seeing it in a criminal trial.
Watch above via MSNBC’s Velshi.
