Bill Maher says charging Trump over Stormy Daniels hush money will be 'rocket ... trends now
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Bill Maher has slammed the probe into Donald Trump's hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels as he said any arrest would be 'rocket fuel' for the former president's 2024 election campaign.
Maher warned the case - being spearheaded by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg - was a 'colossal mistake' as polls show Trump's popularity has only increased as a result.
It comes as tensions between Bragg and Trump reached boiling point yesterday after the DA received a death threat and a package of suspicious white powder.
'I really don't want to give Donald Trump the satisfaction of talking about him. I thought when he was gone, he'd be gone a little bit.' Maher said on his Real Time show on Friday night.
'But, you know, there is an ex-president out there now who's going to be arrested — possibly. And he is talking about violence in the streets of his supporters if he does.'
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He added: 'I just would like to go on record in saying I think this is a colossal mistake if they bring these charges.
'Not just one, you know. I mean, yes, he's done a lot of bad things, and I'm sure he did this — everything they accused him of [doing], he did.
'But first of all, it's not going to work. It's going
