CNN legal analyst Elie Honig crushed “The View” co-hosts’ hopes of former President Donald Trump going to jail.
Co-host Joy Behar asked Honig, who sat in the audience, if he believes Trump will go to jail after being thrice indicted. The co-hosts did not get the answer they appeared to be hoping for.
“Let me ask if he [Honig] thinks Trump will go to jail?” Behar asked. “Just yes or no.”
“Yeah, uh, no. Sorry, but no,” Honig told the co-hosts. “Doesn’t mean he won’t get convicted, but I don’t believe he’ll go to jail. Certainly not before the election, if you’re counting on that.”
“I’ll take that bet, Elie,” Hostin said, to which Honig accepted.
“We hope you’re wrong,” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, who previously worked for Trump, said. (RELATED: ‘The View’ Co-Hosts Call To Change Constitution To Prevent Trump From Being POTUS In Jail)
“He’s gonna slide again, he’s gonna slide again,” added co-host Joy Behar.
A grand jury handed down Trump’s third indictment Tuesday relating to his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The indictment consists of four charges: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
The former president faces two other indictments handed down by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office and the Department of Justice for storing over 300,000 classified documents in his Mar-a-Lago residence.
The first indictment is related to his former attorney Michael Cohen allegedly paying $130,000 in hush money to former porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged affair she had with the former president. The indictment charges Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records.
The second indictment charges Trump on 37 counts for allegedly failing to return 15 boxes of classified documents to the National Archives and Records Administration. Thirty-one of those counts involve alleged violations the Espionage Act.