“If his name was not Donald Trump and if he wasn’t running for president…I’m telling you that [hush money] case would have never been brought.”

Tell it to Martha Stewart and every other of the tens of thousands of defendants in financial malfeasance trials.

Also on that Maher episode, Kinzinger (R) Il.

Kinzinger: “While I certainly don’t agree with President Biden on everything, and I never thought I’d be endorsing a Democrat for president, I know that he will always protect the very thing that makes America the best country in the world: our democracy. Donald Trump poses a direct threat to every fundamental American value. He doesn’t care about our country. He doesn’t care about you. He only cares about himself. And he’ll hurt anyone or anything in pursuit of power.”