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Posted: 2024-04-23T00:14:07Z | Updated: 2024-04-23T00:14:07Z Jesse Watters Says Making Trump Sit In Court Is 'Cruel And Unusual Punishment' | HuffPost

Jesse Watters Says Making Trump Sit In Court Is 'Cruel And Unusual Punishment'

"Hes usually golfing, and so youre going to put a man whos almost 80, sitting in a room like this, on his butt for all that time?" the Fox News host said.

Fox News host Jesse Watters apparently thinks its unfair for former President Donald Trump to have to attend his criminal trial.

Monday marked the start of the second week of Trumps hush-money trial  in Manhattan, with opening arguments beginning after a jury was seated last week, and Watters lamented that Trumps being treated worse  than prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

Watters also said that making Trump appear in court every day of his trial something required of all criminal defendants was cruel and unusual punishment.

The guy needs exercise. Hes usually golfing, and so youre going to put a man whos almost 80, sitting in a room like this, on his butt for all that time? Its unhealthy. ... He needs sunlight, and he needs activity. ... Its really cruel and unusual punishment.

 

Watters is definitely in the tank for Trump, but many people on social media found his latest bootlicking comments even more annoying.

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