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I mean, the Trump team is right. The Supreme Court's made clear if there's an open immunity issue, that needs to be litigated before anything else happens. And there's no good law enforcement reason why this sentencing has to take place prior to the election.

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It's official Joe Biden mishandled classified documents and now his two-tier justice system is on full display. The Department of Justice found Joe retained and disclosed classified documents, including matters of national security and intelligence sources and methods. He put America's national security at risk and then lied about it. I did not share classified information. I did not share. And after all that, Biden's special counsel still declined to indict him because he was an elderly man with a poor memory and diminished faculties who didn't even remember when he was vice president. Joe Biden, unfit to stand trial, unfit to lead America.

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But the justices also don't like it, Griffin. You know, somebody tries to butt to the front of the line and rob them the justices of meaningful legal judgment. And you know, here the special counsel really offered no compelling reason, except obviously wants a trial of Trump in the middle of a presidential campaign, I think to damage him to the benefit of Democrats and Joe Biden. And perhaps the justices saw this for what it was, election interference. You know, Jack Smith, the special counsel keeps insisting Trump should be treated like everybody else, all right, and then appeal the case like everyone else.

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Fox News contributor and GW Law School professor, Jonathan Turley. Hey, Professor Turley. Hi, Anzalie. How are you doing? I'm doing great. Thank you. Why do you think he decided? Because over the weekend we thought he was going to testify, then yesterday on Truth Socially said he's not going to. Why do you think he changed his mind? Well, a lot of lawyers would have suggested this course of action because he's already testified in the trial. And so if you're happy with the record you created, why create the chance for a loss or mistake. And so lawyers tend to be risk averse and I think many would have said you don't need to testify. But what's going to happen next is maybe some of the most interesting parts of the trial because there are still some rebuttal witnesses and one defense witness that many of us are interested in. And that defense witness is Professor Bartoff, who's an NYU professor, and he gave very strong testimony in favor of the Trump defense and said that he did not see evidence of accounting fraud in any of these documents. Yeah. Letitia James, the AG here, she ran on taking down Donald Trump. She's seeking $250 million in damages. She wants to prevent him from conducting business here in New York anymore. Trump is claiming election interference and a witch hunt. Do you agree? Well, I think that the part of the problem here is, as you noted, you have an AG that ran on the pledge to nail Trump on anything. She didn't even specify. And she used this law which doesn't require a victim. You know, before Professor Bartoff testified, two bankers testified that said, no, we didn't lose money and we actually wanted more loans from Trump. Trump described him as a whale client, someone you want more business with. But that hasn't stopped James. She wants the Trumps to have the company to be dissolved. She wants a quarter of a billion dollars when no one lost money. And the fact is that it's so over the top that it may end up really raising concerns upon appeal. Look, James had this judge at a low. I mean, I think that she knows that this judge has already obviously decided there was fraud and he's likely to hammer Trump in terms of damages. But they still have to go to the Court of Appeals, which just recently handed Trump somewhat of a victory. They said, we're not going to dissolve these companies until we see more. Yeah, there's so many buildings, as you know, here in New York that have his name on it. He saved Woolman Rink, which is the ice skating rink where all of our kids go ice skating in Central Park and where many of our viewers go when they visit New York. So it would be a travesty to see so many of his businesses fail here in New York or he wouldn't be able to have his name on these buildings. So thank you so much, Jonathan, for coming on.

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