Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) faced criticism for her claims that there is a “risk is not seizing” former President Trump’s assets if he fails to meet up the deadline for his New York civil fraud fine.
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During an appearance on “Fox & Friends” on Monday, Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett slammed the lawmaker’s comments as “just plain ignorant.”
“I have no idea what she was saying. … I don’t really think she does. You know, trying to make sense of anything AOC says is sort of a favorite Washington parlor game. She has this uncanny ability to talk incessantly, while saying absolutely nothing. And that is because she is hopelessly uninformed, terminally obtuse, and I think just plain ignorant,” Jarrett said.
Bringing up claims Ocasio-Cortez made last week during an House impeachment hearing on Biden, in which she said that RICO is not a crime but a category, Jarrett added, “This is the same person a week ago who said RICO or racketeering is not a crime. No sane person takes AOC seriously, which I suppose is why she’s always featured on CNN.”
Jarrett’s claim that Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks are ignorant was validated later in the day by a state appellate court’s ruling that reduced the bond Trump was required to pay to appeal Judge Arthur Engoron’s ruling to $175 million. The court also extended the deadline for the bond by 10 days.
During a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Ocasio-Cortez made a case for the seizure of Trump’s assets should he fail to meet up with the deadline for the payment on Monday.
“I think Attorney General [Letitia] James has been handling this case with tremendous skill. It’s ultimately up to her determination, but it is my belief that all people should be treated equally under the law. And if that seizure of assets would be pursued to any other American, then Donald Trump should be treated the same,” she said.
“As far as the political implications go, I think that what we are dealing with politically is the much larger and much more grave and serious pressure of having this judgment against Donald Trump and him being in this degree of debt and the financial pressures that he is under and what he is subject to do in order to obtain those assets, I actually think that there is risk in not seizing these assets and the open window that exists in him trying to secure these funds through other means,” she added.