‘Now You’re Saying That!’ Joe Kernen Clashes With Co-Host Over Hypocrisy on Letitia James and Trump Indictments

Zachary Leeman Oct 10th, 2025, 2:14 pm

CNBC’s Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin clashed on Friday over the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James (D).

James was indicted on charges related to mortgage fraud allegations on Thursday. James grabbed national headlines for the pursuit of President Donald Trump in a civil fraud case in New York. An appeals court in August threw out the massive financial penalty Trump was facing following a conviction in that case.

On Friday’s Squawk Box , Sorkin argued that people in James’s position should be appointed in a state rather than elected to take politics out of the equation. Kernen accused his co-host

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