Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker told Newsmax on Monday that former President Donald Trump’s “big victory” in getting his bond in the New York civil fraud trial cut to $175 million was spurred by a feeling of insecurity in the state’s courts.
“I think the thing that was happening in this case is you’re reading these stories about Sam Bankman-Fried and his bond and you’re reading about Bernie Madoff and his bond, and the courts in New York were getting really, really nervous that they were becoming a joke and no one would want to do business,” Whitaker said on Newsmax’s “Newsline.”
“Remember, the most important thing about, not only the New York legal system, a lot of people do business in New York, but the American legal system, is that it’s fair, unbiased and you can count on the results. It’s consistent.
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