{"id":2471091,"date":"2025-08-05T14:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-pundit-whose-party-wanted-to-imprison-trump-says-nobodys-trying-to-put-anybody-in-prison-and-boy-does-it-backfire\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T14:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:03:18","slug":"watch-pundit-whose-party-wanted-to-imprison-trump-says-nobodys-trying-to-put-anybody-in-prison-and-boy-does-it-backfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-pundit-whose-party-wanted-to-imprison-trump-says-nobodys-trying-to-put-anybody-in-prison-and-boy-does-it-backfire\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Pundit Whose Party Wanted to Imprison Trump Says &#8216;Nobody&#8217;s Trying to Put Anybody in Prison,&#8217; And Boy Does It Backfire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-pundit-whose-party-wanted-to-imprison-trump-says-nobodys-trying-to-put-anybody-in-prison-and-boy-does-it-backfire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2471091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article covers a heated CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marc-lamont-hill-says-that-black-lives-matter-explicitly-looking-to-dismantle-israel-and-embrace-bds-movement\/\" title=\"Marc Lamont Hill Says That Black Lives Matter \u2018Explicitly\u2019 Looking To \u2018Dismantle\u2019 Israel and \u2018Embrace\u2019 BDS ...ment\">panel discussion<\/a> between Democratic commentator Van Jones and conservative Scott Jennings regarding a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-telling-allies-he-expects-to-be-reinstated-by-august-nyt-reporter-claims\/\" title=\"... Telling Allies He Expects To Be \u2018Reinstated\u2019 By August, NYT Reporter Claims\">grand jury probe<\/a> into the origins of the Russia collusion narrative, often called Russiagate. Van Jones downplayed the seriousness of the Russia investigation by claiming that although many people believe misleading information, no one was trying too imprison anyone over it. Scott Jennings countered sharply, reminding viewers that Democrats and media had pushed the false Russiagate story and tried repeatedly to imprison former President Donald Trump. Jennings emphasized that intelligence documents later revealed the narrative was fabricated and questioned why the investigation shouldn&#8217;t be pursued.Meanwhile, Jones urged the country to move on, attempting to minimize the law enforcement actions taken against Trump and other conservatives during the Biden administration. The article also notes that many Democrats supported harsh punitive measures during the pandemic, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >imprisoning unvaccinated individuals<\/a>, highlighting a perceived double standard.Jennings challenged Jones&#8217;s narrative by pointing out the coordinated political efforts against Trump and the ongoing calls for accountability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic CNN commentator Van Jones bit off more than he could chew on Monday night while trying to go toe-to-toe with the network&rsquo;s in-house conservative Scott Jennings.<\/p>\n<p>During a panel discussion about a new grand jury probe into Obama-era officials over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-doj-sending-russia-hoax-grand-jury-everyday-citizens-will-now-decide-guilty-alleged-hoaxers-look\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Russia collusion hoax<\/a>, Jones tried to claim the moral high ground.<\/p>\n<p>The panel had been discussing a new grand jury ordered by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the fraudulent origins of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/look-inside-oval-office-meeting-birthed-russiagate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russiagate<\/a> narrative.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Half the country believes a lot of dumb stuff, including a lot of dumb stuff that comes from Republicans,&rdquo; Jones said about the Russian narrative. &ldquo;But nobody&rsquo;s trying to put anybody in prison over it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It was an odd claim, considering what his party has spent the past several years trying to do.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-scott-jennings-loses-cnn-segment-veers-trump-assassination-conspiracy-theories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jennings<\/a> didn&rsquo;t let it slide.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They tried to put Donald Trump in jail, Van!&rdquo; Jennings fired back.<\/p>\n<p>When Jones tried to respond, Jennings cut in again: &ldquo;Repeatedly!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VAN JONES: &#8220;Half the country believes a lot of dumb stuff, including a lot of dumb stuff that comes from Republicans, but nobody&#8217;s trying to put anybody in prison over it&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SCOTT JENNINGS: &#8220;They tried to put Donald Trump in jail, Van! Repeatedly.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pVs4jXpl2O\">pic.twitter.com\/pVs4jXpl2O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas Hern (@ThomasMHern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasMHern\/status\/1952500554917167122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jennings reminded viewers that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-senator-says-duped-complicit-reporters-return-russiagate-reporting-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats and the media<\/a> misled Americans and a majority of Democrats into believing President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that intelligence documents now show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/intel-analyst-refused-lie-russia-hoax-got-threatening-person-message-superior-declassified-docs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the story was fabricated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why shouldn&rsquo;t we look into it?&rdquo; Jennings asked.<\/p>\n<p>Jones deflected by saying people on both sides believe &ldquo;wacky stuff&rdquo; and argued that the country should essentially move forward.<\/p>\n<p>But Russiagate wasn&rsquo;t just &ldquo;wacky.&rdquo; It was a coordinated attempt to smear a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same ... Criticizing ... Peddled ...\">sitting president<\/a> by a party that tried to imprison him at the state and federal levels after he left office.<\/p>\n<p>Had Trump not won in 2024, he might be sitting in jail today.<\/p>\n<p>Jones couldn&rsquo;t help but indulge in revisionism, as he would probably like for everyone to forget the lawfare against Trump and other conservatives during the Biden years.<\/p>\n<p>The entire Democratic Party would probably prefer voters also not remember that a majority of its rank-and-file voters also wanted people punished for refusing vaccines during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Rasmussen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/partner_surveys\/jan_2022\/covid_19_democratic_voters_support_harsh_measures_against_unvaccinated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> from January 2022, 59 percent of Democrats supported confining the unvaccinated to their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-five percent wanted them sent to government camps.<\/p>\n<p>A majority of Democrats quite literally wanted people in prison without due process for disagreeing with their worldview.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/van-jones-bragg-trump-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wasn&rsquo;t too jazzed<\/a> about Trump&rsquo;s ridiculous trial in New York when Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hypocrite-alvin-bragg-slammed-2-lawsuits-trump-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged<\/a> him.<\/p>\n<p>But Jones still carries water for the party that pushed it. Now that Democrats are no longer in charge, he wants everyone to move on.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Jones, he tried the spin against Scott Jennings, who never has a problem putting things into perspective for CNN&rsquo;s viewers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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During a panel on a new grand jury investigation into Obama-era officials related to the Russia collusion allegations, Jones attempted to take the moral high ground. The discussion focused on Attorney General Pam Bondi&#8217;s order for a grand jury to examine the false origins of Russiagate. Jones stated that although many people believe misleading claims from both parties, no one is being imprisoned for it-an odd statement given recent political efforts. Jennings quickly countered, reminding viewers that Democrats tried repeatedly to jail Donald Trump. Jennings emphasized that intelligence reports have since shown the collusion story was fabricated and questioned why it shouldn&#8217;t be investigated further. Jones deflected by saying both sides believe &#8220;wacky stuff&#8221; and suggested moving on, but Russiagate was more than just misinformation-it was a coordinated attempt to damage and prosecute a sitting president. Had Trump not won in 2024, he might be behind bars today. Meanwhile, many Democrats supported harsh punishments during the pandemic for those refusing vaccines, including confinement or imprisonment without due process-a fact often overlooked by Jones as he downplays past actions by his party now out of power. Jennings effectively challenged Jones&#8217; narrative and provided clearer context for CNN viewers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2471092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Van-Jones.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5894,56517,3634],"class_list":["post-2471091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-politics","tag-pundit-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Van-Jones.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2471091"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471095,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471091\/revisions\/2471095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2471092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2471091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2471091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}