Megyn Kelly says Trump will be convicted in hush money case: ‘No doubt’

Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly predicted former President Trump will be easily convicted in the hush money case he faces in connection with adult film star Stormy Daniels.

“Oh, he’s getting convicted. I don’t really think there’s a lot of mystery about that,” Kelly said Tuesday during an appearance on NewsNation’s “Dan Abrams Live.” “He shouldn’t, but he’s going to get convicted. The jury’s going to hate him.”

“Manhattan went 92 percent, between 87 and 92 percent for Joe Biden,” she told host Dan Abrams. “That’s where this is going to be tried. These are not Trump lovers.”

Trump faces more than two dozen counts of falsifying business records in connection with a payment his ex-fixer Michael Cohen made to Daniels to cover up an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 election.

An appeals court earlier this week rejected the former president’s bid to pause the proceedings while his legal team argues the case should be tried outside of New York. 

The case is set to go to trial April 15, marking the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.

Kelly predicted a jury would believe Trump paid off Daniels “to make her go away.”

“So I grant you, yeah, they’re probably going to convict him. They’re going to convict him pretty easily, I think,” she said Tuesday.

The commentator’s remarks were first highlighted by Mediaite.

Trump and Kelly have had an up-and-down relationship dating back to his first run for president.

The former Fox News anchor famously pressed him on his offensive comments about women during a debate in 2015. Last year, Trump sat for an interview with Kelly after which he verbally attacked her, calling her “nasty.”

Kelly recently said on her popular podcast that she and the former president are on better terms.

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