Sean Hannity Blasts Trump Prosecutors: Only Called Stormy Daniels to ‘Humiliate and Embarrass’ Trump

Sean Hannity accused prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial of only calling adult film actress Stormy Daniels as a witness to “humiliate and embarrass” the former president, which the Fox News host declared should “scare every American.”

Sean Hannity joined Fox & Friends anchors Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, and Ainsley Earhardt on Wednesday to discuss the hush money trial, which he completely dismissed as political theater and a “kangaroo court.”

Trump is facing more than 30 felony counts at his Manhattan trial, where he’s accused of falsifying records to conceal hush money payments to Daniels to cover up an alleged affair. Trump has denied any wrongdoing, including the affair.

Hannity argued the testimony of Daniels was irrelevant to the case since she could not provide direct evidence about the actual documentation and payments central to the case. The encounters of Daniels and Trump, however, are central to those payments. Prosecutors primarily asked Daniels about her background on Tuesday.

He also cited a 2018 letter where Daniels denied the affair. She testified at court that her statements in the letter were false.

When she got into discussing the former president at the trial, she was warned multiple times by Judge Juan Merchan about giving unnecessary details. At one point, she began describing a sexual position before the defense objected, and it was sustained. At another point, she described Trump as wearing “silk or satin” pajamas that reminded her of Hugh Hefner.

Hannity claimed Daniels was only on the witness stand to share those exact details — despite the prosecution earning pushback from the judge on the day.

“Why was she in the courtroom? She was there for one reason, and this should scare every American. She was there to humiliate and embarrass Donald Trump,” Hannity said. “If they could, they would like to keep Donald Trump in a courtroom for the next 180 days so he cannot campaign.”

Since his trial began, Trump has been hit with a gag order and found in criminal contempt for violating that gag order 10 times. The last time, Merchan warned jail could potentially be a consequence if he continues violating the order.

Hannity echoed Trump in his argument that the case has no merit, accusing the judge of political bias.

“It’s a very scary moment for the country because we’re watching and witnessing the full and complete weaponization of our justice system. When we think of other countries and kangaroo courts, this is it!” he said.

The Fox News host suggesting accepting the trial as having merit is akin to shredding the Constitution.

“Why don’t we just take our Constitution and shred it because when we talk about weaponization of our justice system, this is it on steroids and human growth hormones,” he said.

Watch above via Fox News.

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