August 2, 2023

Fox & Friends brought on a legal analyst who for once didn't mock an indictment against Trump but called it very serious and explained what was going on at a level any 5th grader could grasp, though Brian Kilmeade still needed some pointers.

Source: Mediaite

Fox & Friends opened Tuesday’s show with legal analyst Elliot Felig who calmly explained why the fraud charges brought against Donald Trump are legitimate.
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Prime time hosts on Fox News Tuesday night spent nearly all their time mocking the indictment for attacking Trump’s free speech and insisting that it was mostly just emblematic of what they call “two tiers of justice” and “election interference.” In other words, amplifying Trump’s rhetoric.

But Felig explained that this indictment was not about what Trump said or free speech but that it was about the alleged fraudulent effort to put forth fake electors to overturn the results of the 2020 election and ostensibly defrauding American voters as a result.

And what did he say, that is obvious to everyone else except for Fox News viewers?

FELIG: So he has a First Amendment right to say the election was stolen. He can say that all over the country. He can say it all over TV. He has a right to file lawsuit after lawsuit claiming that the election was stolen and try to stop the certification. However, where he got in trouble is when they assembled these electors in the various states after Joe Biden had been declared the winner by the secretaries of state or by the governors, had them sign a certification saying we are the duly elected and duly certified electors. That’s where he’s going to argue there was no good faith basis. That’s where he’s going to say the fraud took place. If I can make an analogy right, I could come on your show. I can say I’m Elon Musk’s long-lost son, and I’m entitled to inherit all of his billions and billions of dollars when he dies. I can say that all over the country, even though it’s false. Even though it’s stupid.

DOOCY: It’s the First Amendment!

FELIG: Your First Amendment. Exactly. But if after Elon Musk passes away, I walk into probate court, hand up a document that says, hey, this is Elon Musk. Well, I know it’s not his will and it says I’m his son. And I say, I get all these billions of dollars. Guess what? Then I’ve committed fraud, then I’ve committed forgery. I may be done on attempted grand larceny.

Not much chatter after that.

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