Rob Finnerty is a notable figure in conservative media, particularly known for his work at Newsmax. He has been involved in discussions and commentary on various political topics, often focusing on figures like Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Here's a closer look at some of the key areas where Finnerty's commentary has been prominent:
Finnerty's Role at Newsmax
Finnerty gained attention for a segment on Newsmax where he discussed President Joe Biden and a report by former special counsel Robert Hur regarding Biden's handling of classified documents. During this segment, Finnerty made an inaccurate statement about Biden supposedly not knowing that Africa was a country. This claim was not supported by Hur's report and was widely criticized.
Finnerty spoke with Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) as he referred to former special counsel Robert Hur’s report on the president’s handling of classified documents. In the report, released in February, Hur took aim at Biden’s age and mental fitness.
Republicans have since threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to release audio of Hur’s interviews with Biden.
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“Robert Hur in his report said that he didn’t recommend charges for Biden because a jury wouldn’t rule against Joe Biden because he’s a quote ‘well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory’ and he gave us examples,” said Finnerty before making an obvious continental goof.
“He said that Biden didn’t know that Africa was a country. He couldn’t remember the year that his son died. He didn’t know the last names of staff members. He forgot when he was vice president. All very embarrassing stuff.”
The word “Africa” is not mentioned in Hur’s 388-page report.
The president has since slammed Hur over the report, asking “how in the hell dare he raise that” in response to a line that suggested he forgot when his son Beau died.
Critics including Keith Boykin, a former White House aide in the Clinton administration, mocked Finnerty and joked that he “didn’t know Africa was a country either.”
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Commentary on Donald Trump
From denial to anger? Media's tone against Trump shifts
Finnerty has also been involved in discussions about Donald Trump's policies and actions. One example is his debate with Ontario Premier Doug Ford regarding Canada's reaction to Trump's tariff moves.
Take Newsmax's Rob Finnerty. He recently debated Ontario Premier Doug Ford about Canada's reaction to Trump's tariff moves.
There are other right-wing and pro-Trump sites that simply are focusing the blame on former President Joe Biden for whatever's going wrong now or might in the future.
Here's what it sounded like when she mixed it up recently with Trump's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
In a series of videotaped rants posted to his Truth Social account on Wednesday night, Trump attempted to turn all of the blame for his own legal problems onto Joe Biden, espousing debunked claims that the president is covertly behind Trump’s mountain of legal woes.
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“He’s the worst president in the history of our country, and the only way he thinks he can get elected is to take me to trials, take me to courts, city, state and federal. They control them all,” Trump said. “All of these cases that you’re reading about are Crooked Joe Biden’s case because he can’t put two sentences together. He can’t do anything. So they weaponize government and they take me to court on bullshit.”
According to Trump, his legal comeuppance for committing bank fraud and sexual abuse are all the more reason to prosecute Biden-and not him.
“At what point are the actions of a sitting president using lawfare and weaponization against his opponent for purposes of election interference considered illegal?” Trump demanded. “I believe, as do various highly respected legal scholars, that Crooked Joe Biden has long since crossed over that very sacred threshold. He is a criminal. He is a horrible president.”
After spending several videos harping on Biden and his alleged political antics-and criticizing Democrats for “killing social security and medicare” even though it’s the Republican Party that is attempting to raise the Social Security retirement age-Trump issued a brief invitation to debate the president “anytime, anywhere, any place.”
“It’s time for Crooked Joe Biden, the worst president in the history of the United States, and I to debate,” Trump said. “We have to talk about what he’s doing and where we’re going. We owe it to our country. We owe it to all Americans.”
Despite refusing to participate in any Republican primary debates, Trump and his team have increasingly started to demand the opportunity to debate Biden. Last week, Trump’s daughter-in-law and RNC co-chair Lara Trump insisted that Biden “has a lot of answers to give the American people.”
“I can only assume he doesn’t have the answers to the questions that he will be asked,” she then snidely and nonsensically quipped.
Trump's Legal and Financial Challenges
Recent developments have highlighted some of the legal and financial challenges faced by Donald Trump. His social media venture, Trump Media & Technology Group, experienced a significant drop in stock value after its initial public offering. Additionally, Trump has faced legal debts and has had to navigate complex financial arrangements to meet his obligations.
Donald Trump’s social media venture, Trump Media & Technology Group, debuted on the stock market in late March with a strong initial public offering of nearly $80 a share. Today? It’s less than half that, trading at just under $33.
The company’s slide began shortly after it debuted, when its 2023 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission were released. They showed only $4.1 million in revenue, coupled with a loss of a whopping $58 million.
Days later, two of TMTG’s investors pleaded guilty to insider trading in connection to one of the major sources of the company’s value: its merger with Digital World Acquisition Corporation.
Since then, Trump Media’s stock has continuously plummeted, losing close to $2.7 billion. Not coincidentally, Donald Trump fell off the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which ranks the 500 richest people in the world every day.
His bragging about the stock last week didn’t help at all and may have even violated SEC rules. In the past, Trump has hardly ever dealt with the SEC, since his businesses are usually privately held, and it’s showing.
As Timothy Noah wrote for The New Republic last week, “It’s much harder to lie to the SEC than it is to lie to a bank or insurance company about a privately held business.”
Trump has a number of legal debts that he can’t begin to pay without the help of surety firms with questionable reputations. He also can’t dump or borrow against his Trump Media stock without the permission of his board for six months.
And with the stock sliding further every day, he may not see much of a windfall by then, anyway.
The $175 Million Bond
Donald Trump, with the help of “the king of subprime car loans,” has posted the $175 million bond for his civil fraud case, ostensibly giving him time to appeal the $454 million judgment against him for inflating his wealth in his business dealings. There’s just one problem: New York Attorney General Letitia James isn’t buying it.
By posting the bond, which was lowered upon appeal of the original figure, Trump theoretically delayed the state of New York seizing his assets. After all, as the bond supposedly indicates, he’s good for the money. But as more information on the surety backing the bond surfaces, it’s not clear that’s true.
According to Newsweek, James is arguing that Trump must file a motion by Monday guaranteeing that either he or the surety can be “justified.” She cited a statute that dictates Trump or Knight Specialty Insurance Company, which underwrote his bond, have 10 days to prove they are good for the bond. If they can’t, the bond will be declared “without effect” and James can begin seizing Trump’s assets to cover the judgment.
It would be an embarrassing end to the bond saga, which has seen the former president and former ultrarich person reduced to hawking sneakers and meme stocks to cover his legal fees. Most recently, he’s enlisted the help of Knight Specialty Insurance Company to back the $175 million.
After Trump put up the bond on April 1, the court’s filing system rejected it due to paperwork errors, prompting James to question the solvency of Knight Specialty, which is not licensed as an insurer in New York.
As it turns out, the company has nowhere near the capital and surplus to guarantee Trump’s bond. What’s more, the legal document it produced does not seem to promise to pay the full penalty if Trump’s appeal fails.
As a result, Trump may not be off the hook after all. It might just cost him a few of his favorite properties.
Trump's Statements on Abortion
Donald Trump has made statements regarding abortion, including his stance on a national abortion ban. During a campaign stop in Atlanta, he said that the Arizona abortion ruling upholding an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions went too far. He also stated that he would not sign a national abortion ban if elected president.
During an exchange with a reporter on the tarmac of Atlanta’s airport, Trump simultaneously managed to celebrate the overturning of Roe v. Wade as an “incredible achievement” while also slamming the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to revive an abortion ban from 1864 as going too far.
“So for 52 years the people have wanted to end Roe v. Wade to get it back to the states. We did that. It was an incredible thing, an incredible achievement,” Trump said. “Now the states have it, and the states are putting out what they want. It’s the will of the people.
“So Florida’s probably going to change,” he continued. “Arizona is going to definitely change, everybody wants that to happen. And you’re getting the will of the people. It’s been pretty incredible when you think about it.”
Trump then went on to say that he would not sign any formal abortion bans that crossed his desk if he reclaimed the White House in November-though his track record, and his opponents, call that into question.
During a campaign stop in Atlanta, Donald Trump said that the Arizona abortion ruling upholding an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions went too far. He also said he would not sign a national abortion ban if he were elected president. While in office, he expressed support for a bill that would have banned abortion nationwide at 20 weeks.
Since then, he has used scare tactics to spread disinformation about the procedure, erroneously claiming as recently as Monday that Democrats support “execution after birth.” And Trump’s track record includes the most egregious offense against national access-the appointment of three Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.
What’s more, declining to sign a national abortion ban is just as dangerous as signing one. Abortion rights activists warned that by claiming he thinks states should set abortion regulations, Trump is really backing the cruelest laws, such as those in Texas and Florida.
“Actions speak louder than words,” posted Jim Messina, White House deputy chief of staff under President Barack Obama, noting that Trump is once again attempting to “muddy the waters.”
“That’s always been the case with Trump-what he says has never mattered,” Messina continued. “He just says what he needs to wiggle out of whatever situation he’s in. Trump has only one track record: overturning Roe v. Wade and ushering in these horrifying bans.”
Trump's Comments on Jewish Voters
Donald Trump has made controversial statements regarding Jewish voters, suggesting that Jewish individuals who vote for Democrats do not love Israel. These remarks have drawn criticism and sparked debate.
According to the GOP presidential nominee, if you’re Jewish, you can’t vote Democrat.
Trump traveled to Atlanta on Wednesday for a campaign event. While at the airport, when one reporter asked if he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump went off on a wild rant.
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