Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) said this week that he believes the criminal case and civil case against former President Donald Trump in New York should have never been brought because it was weaponizing the justice system for political reasons.
Cuomo made the remarks during an appearance on HBO’s “Real Time” with liberal comedian and talkshow host Bill Maher.
New York Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump earlier this year to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in the civil fraud case that was brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James while a jury in Manhattan convicted Trump in a criminal trial several weeks ago in a controversial case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
“You know what’s scary about this from my point of view?” Cuomo said. “The trials in New York. There’s Florida, Georgia, and two in New York. The two trials in New…
