Raskin Argues Trump World is Dead Wrong to Think Hush Money Trial Will Be a Political Win: They’ll ‘Be Shocked How Tuned in America is’

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claimed that former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial will not be a political win for the Republican nominee.

The Maryland lawmaker joined MSNBC host Jen Psaki for an interview on Sunday where he discussed the Republican nominee’s upcoming criminal trial and the effect it will have on the November 2024 election with voters.

Trump is expected to stand trial on Monday in his New York criminal case over allegations he paid hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election. The former president faces three other criminal indictments for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his handling of classified documents.

Raskin noted that Trump’s supporters are trying to diminish the significance of the trial, but noted it is “a very serious case” and the American people will be paying attention to the result.

PSAKI: As we look to this week, a criminal trial starting tomorrow, how should we think about this moment in history?

RASKIN: Well, you know, Trump’s people would like to trivialize and diminish the meaning of this trial, but in fact, it’s, perfectly emblematic of the others that are out there. They’re all about electoral interference and manipulation. They tried it with violence. And we’re going to see that in the DC case. They tried it with fraud. We’re going to see that in the Georgia case. And here they tried it with payoffs and then cooking the books. Financial manipulation. That’s what it’s about. It’s a very serious case. And I think the Trump people are going to be shocked how tuned-in America is to what’s going on here.

Watch the clip above via MSNBC.