“trying to be ultra-fair” was producing “a unique system of justice for Donald Trump.” Andrew Weissmann, as quoted by Breitbart (Pam Key), April 1, 2024
After leaving government, Weissmann became a regular legal analyst. NYU’s biography lists the podcast Main Justice and analysis for “MS NOW.” The words below are from a Breitbart clip write-up of an MSNBC Deadline appearance, not from an invented transcript.
Breitbart (Pam Key, April 1, 2024), headline: “Weissmann: Trump Being Treated ‘Ultra-Fair’ by Legal System.” The article quotes him saying institutions were “incapable of handling these situation[s],” that people were “bending over backwards, given the former president of the benefit of doubt over and over again,” and that “trying to be ultra-fair” was producing “a unique system of justice for Donald Trump.” He added, in Breitbart’s telling, that the idea Trump was treated unfairly was “so laughable.”
RealClearPolitics posted a March 22, 2024, video clip in which Weissmann said Judge Aileen Cannon was engaging in “catch and kill,” which he defined as never having Trump go to trial before the election. That is his on-air characterization of a sitting federal judge. It is speech, not a court finding about Cannon.
Just the News (Aaron Kliegman, July 19, 2022) reported that Weissmann had written a New York Times op-ed criticizing DOJ’s “bottom-up” January 6 approach and had given a Politico interview on the same theme. The Examiner quoted him telling Ari Melber he had heard from people “inside” DOJ after that essay. Those are his public attempts to shape another Trump-related investigation from outside the building. They are documented commentary, not a secret appointment to Jack Smith’s office. Claims that he was Smith’s unseen strategist belong on the immunity post, labeled as Conservative Treehouse commentary.
The clip file is larger than one “ultra-fair” night. The New York Post (May 30, 2024) and Townhall reported his MSNBC line that he had a “man crush” on Judge Juan Merchan and called the hush-money trial “impeccably fair.” The Washington Examiner quoted him telling Lawrence O’Donnell the classified-documents audio was “game over,” and, after the Mar-a-Lago affidavit, saying Trump was going to be prosecuted. The Free Beacon (Dec. 2, 2024) quoted his earlier MSNBC praise of Biden’s no-pardon pledge as “heroic” / “living the rule of law” when Hunter was later pardoned. American Greatness (Nov. 14, 2019) covered his NBC analyst hire. Those are his words or contemporaneous clip write-ups. They are speech, not findings about the cases.