Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina stopped by NBC News to make one thing very clear: there will be absolutely no plea deal in the Stormy Daniels case because there was no crime committed.
Trump “will not take a plea deal on this case. It’s not gonna happen,” Tacopina said in an interview on NBC News. “There’s no crime. I don’t know if it’s gonna make it to trial because we have substantial legal challenges.”
In another interview on ABC News, Tacopina said that Trump was “shock[ed]” when he first heard about the indcitment.
“This is unprecedented in this country’s history. I don’t know what to expect other than an arraignment,” he said. “I understand they’re going to be closing off blocks around the courthouse, shutting down the courthouse. You know, we’ll go in there and we’ll proceed to see a judge at some point, plead not guilty, start talking about filing motions, which we will do immediately and very aggressively regarding the legal viability of this case.”
Tacopina said that he expects prosecutors to “try to get every ounce of publicity they can out of this thing.”
“The president will not be put in handcuffs,” he added. “As far as a mugshot’s concerned, perp walk, I mean, you know, as I said, I’m sure they’ll try to make sure they get some joy out of this by parading him.”
“But, you know, I think this is a different situation,” he continued. “It is a lot of groups involved here and I don’t think they’re going to allow this to become a circus, as much as humanly possible.”
Watch the clip above. H/T The Daily Wire.
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