Sean Hannity reacts to Giuliani raid: “A lot of this is show,” but “I don't like the idea that deals are made all these times” by prosecutors
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Sean Hannity reacts to Giuliani raid: “A lot of this is show,” but “I don't like the idea that deals are made all these times” by prosecutors
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From the April 28, 2021, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): We just got a response as it relates to what's going on with -- with Mayor Giuliani, and his lawyers have responded and referred to this as -- as “legal thuggery" in this particular case, and a political targeting of the mayor. Anyway, so, in statements to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Mayor Giuliani's attorney, a guy by the name of Robert Costello, said it was, quote, “legal thuggery."
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Now we've got to make a big deal -- all of -- a lot of this is show. Now, it is a tactic. Sometimes you do have overzealous prosecutors you've got to be careful of. You know, a lot of the legal system I don't like. I don't like the idea that deals are made all these times -- and I know why prosecutors do it, and in some cases, they do it for good reasons. You know, like Sammy “The Bull" Gravano. Guy that, you know, admits to killing I think, what, 19 people or something like that. And then he gets into the federal witness protection program, a get-out-of-jail-free card, something of great value if you had committed those crimes, if you in fact testify, in his case, against John Gotti Sr.
And the question then is, “OK, well, what do you want me to say?" The guy's an admitted murderer, “OK, pretty much say anything." OK, I -- the jury, I guess, ultimately determines the credibility, but still they -- then sometimes you can't even bring up what the deal is. And any -- so, there are certain things, incentives that are created in these political cases that bother me, and -- and just -- you know, do you treat somebody who's high profile in the political world, is there any political ambition behind it? Or if you go after certain firms that you know will -- will gain notoriety and publicity versus maybe unknown companies that do either the same or far worse?