Dr. Phil and CNN host clash over whether Trump got due process in NYC trial: 'I said what I said’

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Dr. Phil McGraw debated CNN host Abby Phillip over whether former President Trump received a fair trial in a New York City courtroom last week, during a late-night stop on CNN Thursday.

"I’m sympathetic to what Trump has gone through in this particular trial because I think it was not proper due process for him. I would say the same if it was Biden or anyone else in that process," McGraw told Phillip during the contentious media appearance.

McGraw appeared on the network to discuss his interview with the former president earlier that day. However, the conversation quickly derailed into an argument over whether Trump received due process in his court case, where he was found guilty on 34 felony counts of mishandling business records.

Phillip pressed McGraw to explain why he felt Trump wasn't given due process and remarked at two points that she "didn't understand" his reasoning.

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McGraw argued he had a problem with what the jury heard from the prosecution's star witness, Michael Cohen.

Cohen's credibility was frequently called into question by legal analysts in the media during the trial. CNN's own Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig argued that while Cohen's testimony was important to the case, he had "serious credibility issues."

Because of Cohen's