Trump risks interfering with New York attack prosecution, despite warnings in Bergdahl case

REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON — President Trump has relentlessly tweeted and spoken about the man accused of killing eight people in a terror attack in New York, risking the possibility of interfering with the prosecution — even as he got a concrete example of why presidents normally avoid such behavior.

Since the Tuesday attacks, Trump has called Sayfullo Saipov "the degenerate animal who killed, and so badly wounded, the wonderful people on the West Side," demanded the death penalty in his case and raised the prospect of sending him to the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

He also has exaggerated, repeatedly suggesting that Saipov brought in two dozen potentially "evil" family members. Under immigration rules, Saipov would not have been able to bring in that number. Trump conceded in a Thursday night interview that his statement might not be true.

Typically, presidents, who have authority over the Department of Justice, stay silent on even the most egregious cases rather than offer statements that could complicate prosecutions or give ammunition to defense attorneys. Trump has not followed suit.

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