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Radio talk show and Fox News host Mark Levin dropped some bombshells on the judge who presided over former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial during an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow” with former Trump economist Larry Kudlow.
Levin’s comments came as the two hosts were discussing the first son Hunter Biden’s conviction on gun charges on Tuesday in a federal court, where Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika presided over what they believed to be a much fairer trial.
“I hear everything you say, but you talked about the judge before; she was a Trump-appointed judge. She was the one who broke up this insane plea deal, which would have let Hunter Biden off of any of this stuff,” Kudlow said. “Comparing this judge, Trump appointed, to a sham judge in New York with the [Manhattan District Attorney Alvin] Bragg trial is like day and night, and I think you are the lawyer, not me. It shows you can have a good courtroom, you can have a good judge, you can have somebody that abides by the law. What do you think?”
“The issue is whether the judge is ideological or not,” Levin began.”In the Reagan Administration, making recommendations for judges when it comes to the trial of federal judges — this is never explained when a president has to make a deal with Democrat senators from a particular state.”
Levin went on to note that, in the Senate, where federal judge nominees are either approved or rejected, there is a tradition that senators from the state where the judge’s docket will be must agree on the president’s choice. In the case of Noreika, her docket is in Delaware, and that required the consent of the state’s two Democratic senators.
“People say this is a Trump-appointed judge. Maybe it was a Trump-appointed judge, [but] two Democrat senators put holds on other district court judges that are up unless the president cuts a deal, so we did during the Reagan administration,” Levin continued. “In New York, we would want three of our guys but had to agree to one of their guys, and their guy was a Reagan-appointed judge. It doesn’t happen at the appellate level or the Supreme Court level. Trump appointed a judge; she’s playing by the book. But this is a serious federal judge running a trial, not interrupting witnesses, not playing games. She wants the testimony to get out, witnesses to events that took place. This was played by the book.”
WATCH:
President Biden released a statement in support of his son after he was convicted Tuesday of lying on gun-purchasing paperwork and unlawfully possessing a gun.
“As I said last week, I am the President, but I am also a Dad. Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today. So many families who have had loved ones battle addiction understand the feeling of pride seeing someone you love come out the other side and be so strong and resilient in recovery,” Biden said. “As I also said last week, I will accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal. Jill and I will always be there for Hunter and the rest of our family with our love and support. Nothing will ever change that.”
To be clear, Hunter is not Jill’s son; he’s her stepson. Hunter’s mother, Neilia Biden, who was Joe Biden’s first wife, was killed in a car accident a week before Christmas in 1973. Daughter Amy Biden, then 13 months old, was killed as well. Joe and Jill do share one child, daughter Ashley Biden.
