Donald Trump’s lawyer insists there wouldn’t even be an investigation into Stormy Daniels’ payment if he wasn’t running for president in 2024
- Joe Tacopina said the only reason there was ever a case against him is because he is running for president again in 2024
- ‘This case is not even legally sufficient – factually, it’s a joke,’ he said
Donald Trump‘s lawyer claimed that if the former president wasn’t running for another White House term, a case would never be brought against him involving the hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Joe Tacopina, who is representing Trump in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against him, said Americans worried about maintaining justice should be concerned.
The defense comes after Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on Thursday – more than a week after the ex-president warned he was going to be arrested and told his supporters to ‘protest, protest, protest.’
Donald Trump’s attorney Joe Tacopina said the only reason there was ever a case against his client is because he is running for president again in 2024
‘If you’re an American and you’re concerned about rule of law, there should be no scenario where you want this to happen,’ Tacopina told ABC’s This Week on Sunday morning.
‘If you’re intellectually honest, we all know that had Donald Trump not been Donald Trump and it was John Smith this case would have never been brought. If he was not running for reelection, there is no way this case would have been brought,’ he added.
‘This case is not even legally sufficient – factually, it’s a joke.’
