“The View” doesn’t need anybody to sue.
The co-hosts of the controversial ABC speak present had been pressured to challenge 4 “legal notes” throughout Friday’s broadcast after they mentioned allegations leveled at a number of of President-elect Donald Trump’s cupboard nominees.
The authorized notes — that are disclaimers supplied by the themes’ attorneys — pertained to remarks made on-air by the present’s stars Pleasure Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
Throughout a section discussing George Santos, Behar introduced up the previous congressman’s 23 prison expenses, together with wire fraud.
A number of minutes later, she was pressured to learn a message from present producers that was despatched to her iPhone.
“One minute, I just got a note,” Behar instructed the viewers trying down at her gadget. “We have to clarify that Santos eventually reached a plea deal after pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.”
“Is that a legal note?” co-host Haines quizzed.
“Kind of, it’s a clarification,” Behar responded.
In the identical section, “The View” stars mentioned sexual assault allegations made towards Trump’s first legal professional common choose Matt Gaetz and his protection secretary choose Pete Hegseth.
Co-host Hostin was subsequently pressured to learn out denials supplied by each males’s attorneys.
“I have a legal note,” she said. “Matt Gaetz has long denied all allegations and has not been charged with any crime.”
“Also, another legal note,” Hostin continued. “Pete Hegseth’s lawyer stated he paid the girl [his assault accuser] in 2023 to move off the specter of a baseless lawsuit. He has denied any wrongdoing. “
A number of minutes later, Hostin — a one-time prosecutor — issued a fourth authorized disclaimer pertaining to Pam Bondi, Trump’s new nominee for legal professional common.
“I’m sorry everyone, I have another legal note,” Hostin instructed the viewers, to which Behar could possibly be heard groaning: “Oh my God.”
“Both Trump and Bondi have denied allegations of a quid pro quo that his past donation played any role in her office’s decision not to take legal action against Trump University when she was attorney general of Florida,” Hostin said.
“This show is just going to be legal notes and things we’re selling,” a annoyed Navarro chimed in.
“We’re going to call it [the show] ‘The Legal Note,’” Behar quipped.
Nonetheless, some X customers had been far much less amused by the group’s collection of disclaimers.
“Sunny Hostin had to read ANOTHER legal retraction on ‘The View,” right-wing comic Tim Younger raged. “She had to correct for their lies about Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth… Someone needs to sue these people into oblivion already.”
“The View was forced to issue Four ‘Legal Notes’ today for their lies against, Matt Gaetz, Pam Bondi, George Santos, and Pete Hegseth,” one other indignant viewer claimed. “There is a pattern… They knowingly spread lies about Donald Trump and his allies… only to issue a ‘legal note’ minutes later to avoid the truth and legal repercussions.”
Earlier this week, Hostin hit headlines after she issued a “legal note” with a deadpan expression
