Michael Knowles and progressive political activist Francesca Fiorentini were challenged on The Piers Morgan show to detail Donald Trump‘s crimes in his hush-money case.
In a video clip posted by the Daily Wire, Knowles, an author and regular contributor, challenged Fiorentini to cite the law the former president broke.
However, the activist raised her voice and hands as she became flustered and couldn’t answer the question.
“He – it was, it was – campaign financial crimes, it was white-collar crimes,” she started before Morgan jumped in.
“What was it? What was the crime?” he asked her.
“It’s New York state law! I gotta…” Fiorentini began as she frantically searched for her notes.
“He just got convicted on 34 counts, of like cooking the actual books.”
“You are not allowed to use, like, your own financial money to pay off somebody and then he – he wrote – logged it as something different,” she struggled.
“He logged it as just a regular payment but he was actually paying off this porn star to keep quiet which, if he hadn’t been running for president wouldn’t have mattered, but he was so it impacted campaign finance laws in New York state.”
Knowles interjected, “That’s not quite what happened.”
“Look, I’m no expert,” Fiorentini continued.
Knowles shot back, “You are not an expert, that’s right. Campaign finance are federal laws.”
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.@michaeljknowles: I would challenge her to see if she could articulate what crime Trump committed.@piersmorgan: What crime did Trump commit?
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) June 3, 2024
Leftist: (baffled) It was, it was… financial crimes, it was white collar crimes… pic.twitter.com/BFYDk8M75Y
It’s worth noting that the Democratic district attorney previously declined to bring charges against Trump, unsure that a crime actually occurred until Democrats mounted pressure following the January 6th, 2021 riots at the Capitol.
Last week, Trump denounced the decision as part of a “rigged” trial.
Recently, Megyn Kelly schooled host Dan Abrams after the network host could not cite specific laws Trump had violated.
“There’s nothing illegal about paying hush money for a [non-disclosure agreement]. It’s done all the time,” she asserted.
When Abrams accused Trump of making payments to “protect his campaign,” Kelly corrected him, asking, “What law are you citing Dan?”
Thrown off guard, He replied, “Campaign finance laws.”
“Wrong. You don’t know what you’re talking about,” Kelly corrected him.
“I get it, because you’re saying there are limits to the campaign contributions somebody can make and this has exceeded them, and then they hit it.”
“I understand, that’s [Alvin Bragg’s] theory. This has been wrong from the start. It does not amount to a campaign contribution if it is the kind of payment that could ever be made outside of the campaign context.”
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