From WNYC Studios, I'm Brian Lerer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Tuesday, April 18th.

Remember how Donald Trump asked his supporters to protest near the courtroom in Manhattan

when he learned he'd be indicted for falsifying

business records to cover up hush money payments to two women to help his presidential campaign.

Remember when he posted on social media for his supporters to rally on mass when he didn't even

really deny the hush money cover up, but called it a witch hunt anyway.

And remember how pretty much nobody showed up?

There were no mass protests when he called for them, and no mass protests on the day he was

arraigned in criminal court downtown.

The proud boys didn't show up.

Remember that?

The oathkeepers didn't show up.

Hardly any of those New Yorkers who voted for George Santos and Queens and on Long Island showed up. Well, guess what?

Former President Trump finally found a group of people willing to go to Lower Manhattan on mass and rally in his defense.

The Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee. And I guess when you're not really

disputing that there was hush money paid to a porn star who says you slept with her while your wife

was home with your new baby, and not really disputing that business records were falsified to cover up

the hush money, well, I guess what's left is that you try to change the

subject to what a bad guy the district attorney is. So here's Jim Jordan, Republican from Ohio,

and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, when he got to Lower Manhattan yesterday.

In this country, justice is supposed to be blind, regardless of race, religion or creed.

However, here in Manhattan, the scales of justice are weighed down by politics.

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