A former federal prosecutor said Donald Trump's delivery of his speech Thursday showed he has a "distinct note of fear and desperation" — and warned that as the former president faces incarceration, he'll get "uglier, more racist and more violent, more criminal."
The MAGA leader held a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago country club Thursday, and left many viewers aghast.
Andrew Weissmann, a professor at New York University who served as lead prosecutor for special counsel Robert Mueller, took to the social media app X on Thursday to call out Trump — and the media's coverage of him.
Even as the rally began, Weissmann called for news organizations covering Trump news conferences to "not ignore his overt racism and become a tool to normalize it."
"Donald Trump comes from a long line of such pols: Strom Thurmond & George Wallace to name just two," he said.
He later added that the Republican presidential nominee relies on the media and the public having short attention spans, "so he can keep spinning out new lies."
Did anyone in the media ask Trump about this supposed dispositive evidence of innocence that he claimed he had and was going to reveal? Media needs to be like a dog with a bone," said Weissmann.
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And reacting to a clip of Trump complaining about "dishonest" news coverage of his rally sizes, Weissmann noted there's a "distinct note of fear and desperation is in his delivery."
He continued laying into the media and Trump, in a separate post saying — in all caps — "Don't know how to say this more emphatically (hence all caps): Given the distinct prospect of jail, Trump is going to get uglier, more racist, more violent, more criminal."
He added that four state and federal judges — in civil and criminal cases — have dealt with Trump's efforts to obstruct justice.
"He's been charged with obstruction, including of a presidential election, and was convicted of doing so in the 2016 election. For him, it is now 'No holds barred' time. The media and law enforcement need to be on alert!"
