Chris Cuomo and Matt Taibbi scoff and cast doubt on the charges Trump was reportedly indicted over.
Cuomo says they appear "at or below a level" anyone would deem "impressive."
Taibbi say, "A person who grew up in a third world country, you would recognize this kind of thing… " pic.twitter.com/LpXHp1rGTo

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Cuomo followed up by recounting a conversation he had with a friend who wanted Trump in prison at all costs. “I think that to the majority, the optics are terrible. If you swing at somebody during an election and you don’t have what we deem ‘the goods,’” he disagreed.

The harshest criticism came from Taibbi who suggested the actions of the Department of Justice were like something you would find overseas. “I think if you are a person who grew up in a third-world country, you would recognize this kind of thing is something that in a not-entirely-free society,” he argued. “So, that’s the optics of this are terrible. There’s no way around it.”

Trump was being charged under the Espionage Ace and Taibbi recalled how Barack Obama weaponized it when he was president.