New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman on Friday labeled former President Donald Trump in politics the “greatest democracy the country has seen” “in modern memory” and “possibly in the country’s history”.
In an unusually blunt statement to a reporter, Haberman told CNN’s “New Day” anchors John Berman and Brianna Keeler that the Trump Organization, a recent lawsuit brought by New York State Attorney General Letitia James against Trump and his adult children The lawsuit touches on sad points. former President.
“There’s no question that a prosecutor stands out there and says he doesn’t deserve what he claims – he’s made all kinds of statements about his finances that aren’t true – that’s something he’s told many have tried to avoid for decades,” Haberman said. “On a personal level for them, that cuts a little differently.”
The reporter also found Trump’s statement on “Hannity” on Wednesday that a president “thinking about it” could declassify government documents. “I’d never heard that before.”
But while that comment garnered a lot of attention, Haberman focused on another part of the same statement, where Trump said the declassification happened while he was sending material to his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. Were.
“This indicates that he intended to send these boxes,” she said. “Trump indicated that he intended to send boxes of the contents to his private club and home, while the line coming from people around him was that it was all, you know, an accident, things had just been sent out. “
“He also said himself in the interview, which is not true, the General Services Administration, which is basically a government official, had packed the boxes. He has denied that he did.
“They’ve tried to lean on the idea that it was some kind of accident, and right now it seemed to them that it was intentional,” Haberman insisted.
Haberman also acknowledged Keeler’s suggestion, however, that Trump could use New York state’s suit to his advantage.
“He would point to say, you know, ‘I’m a victim, they’re after me,'” Haberman said. “I think he is, in politics, in national politics, in this country, in modern memory, possibly the largest democracy in the history of the country. And he is looking at any possible misconduct or alleged misconduct at any time and saying That’s an example of how unfair this is.
Watch the full “New Day” segment with Haberman in the video above.
