A Trump lawyer's ludicrous spin on Hannity unmasks the Fox ruse

[Nevilledog]

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Greg Sargent
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Sep 1, 2022
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Just awful. On Fox News right now, a version of the Mar-a-Lago saga is unfolding that's comprehensively sealed off from the actual case against Trump. His lawyers spin and spin without being asked the most fundamental questions about the case against him.

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Opinion | A Trump lawyer’s ludicrous spin on Hannity unmasks the Fox ruse
In this alternate Fox News universe, a very different trial is unfolding.

On Hannity's show, Trump's lawyers are *not even asked* basic questions like these:

Did Trump direct you to swear on his behalf that all docs had been retrieved when they hadn't?

If Trump declassified the info, why are his lawyers acting otherwise?

https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/01/trump-mar-a-lago-sean-hannity-alina-habba-doj/…
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11:05 AM · Sep 1, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/01/trump-mar-a-lago-sean-hannity-alina-habba-doj/

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Even as the legal battle over Donald Trump’s hoarding of national security secrets at Mar-a-Lago unfolds in court, a very different trial involving Trump is unfolding in another arena entirely.

Call it Trial by Fox News. In this alternate universe, damning facts about Trump are never in evidence. And Trump’s lawyers almost never face challenging questions about the actual arguments against him, even as they are widely discussed most everywhere outside that blissful bubble.

Sean Hannity’s latest segment with Trump lawyer Alina Habba neatly illustrates this Trial by Fox News effect. But, by showing how aggressively Trump propagandists must contort to obfuscate the actual legal case against Trump, it also demonstrates the weakness of his defenses.

A statement from Habba on Hannity’s show Wednesday night is going viral: She said the now-infamous photo of documents on Trump’s office floor must be a setup because his office is infallibly tidy.

“That is not the way his office looks,” Habba said, later adding, “He has guests frequently there.”

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[Ray Bruns]

1. That is not the point jackass. The point is he wasn't suppose to have them

In the first place.

[Nevilledog]

2. The point is that FOX provides an alternate reality for its viewers.

[cornball 24]

3. Well it is Sean Hasnthadany!