On today’s Morning Joe, Al Sharpton gloated over Donald Trump’s financial travails, and the prospect that he could be forced to declare bankruptcy. “Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy,” exulted Sharpton. Whatever happened to Christian charity, Rev?
Meanwhile, Joe Scarborough expressed surprising skepticism about the civil fraud trial brought by elected Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James that has put Trump in the unprecedented position of having to post a half-billion-dollar bond.
1. James ran on a promise of going after Trump.
2. Her case relies on an arcane, little-used, law.
3. A billionaire friend of his said that he wouldn’t be able to come up with a half-billion in cash on such short notice.
3. “What goes around comes around” — Scarborough imagined the possibility of someone like Texas AG Ken Paxton putting Biden on the hook for half-a-billion after he leaves office.
