Topic: Newsmax
Newsmax made hay out Donald Trump's erroneous claim of imminent arrest, cranking out dozens of outrage-filled articles even though that prediction never came true on the day he predicted. And Newsmax was not about to let Trump's failed prediction get in the way of generating more outrage articles on his behalf. Even on the weekend of March 25 and 26:
- Whitaker to Newsmax: Costello Testimony Undercut Bragg's Case
- Paxton to Newsmax: Costello Created Issues for Bragg in Trump Case
- Trump: 'I Think They've Already Dropped' the 'Fake Case'
- Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax: I Told Trump to Sell 'Mug Shot' T-Shirts
- Pollster McLaughlin to Newsmax: Trump's Numbers Up With NY Case
- Comer: Bragg Doesn't Have 'Luxury' to Reject GOP Demands
Over the following couple of days, Newsmax outrage/pro-Trump pandering slowed down:
- Binnall to Newsmax: Trump Won't Roll Over and Accept Allegations
- Dershowitz to Newsmax: Bragg Risks Bar Card If Cohen Testifies
- Rasmussen Poll: 46 Percent of Dems Say Bragg Charges Would be 'Outrageous'
- Dershowitz to Newsmax: Grand Jury Could Save Trump From Indictment
- Rep. Kelly Armstrong to Newsmax: Bragg Oversight 'Within' Congress' Authority
- Lara Trump to Newsmax: Andrew Cuomo Unlikely Ally to Former President
- Robert Costello to Newsmax: Bragg 'Gerrymandering' to Try to Make Case
- Dershowitz to Newsmax: Bragg 'Bringing Shame' to DA's Office
- Trump Lawyer to Newsmax: DA Bragg's Case 'Dead'
By March 29, the flip-flop was complete, with pro-Trump talking heads arguing that Bragg had no case against Trump after all:
- Trump Lawyer Halligan to Newsmax: Bragg May Be Backing Off
- Kim Guilfoyle to Newsmax: DA Bragg 'Has No Case,' 'Going Nowhere'
When Bragg's grand jury announced that day a previously scheduled break for a few weeks, Newsmax seemed quite pleased. An article by Solange Reyner and Eric Mack hyped the development, which was followed by a Trump-focused article by Peter Malbin:
Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday to praise a Manhattan grand jury that is examining his alleged role in a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The Manhattan grand jury is not expected to hear evidence in the case for the next month largely due to a previously scheduled hiatus, Politico reported Wednesday.
"I have gained such respect for this grand jury and perhaps even the grand jury system as a whole," Trump wrote in all caps. "The evidence is so overwhelming in my favor & so ridiculously bad for the highly partisan & hateful district attorney that the grand jury is saying, Hold on, we are not a rubber stamp, which most grand juries are branded as being, we are not going to vote against a preponderance of evidence or against large numbers of legal scholars all saying, there is no case here. Drop this sick witch hunt, now!"
That sudden respect for the grand jury didn't last long -- the next day, it was revealed that Trump would be indicted. Unsurprisingly, Newsmax reacted by ramping up the outrage machine. More soon.
