On Friday, ABC’s Good Morning America was the only network morning show to devote air time to former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s frivolous attempt to subpoena President Trump to testify in his lawsuit against the NFL. The broadcast treated the publicity stunt as serious news, with co-host Michael Strahan breathlessly proclaiming a “legal face-off shaping up” between the two men.

“An incredible development this morning. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick is taking his fight to the White House, hoping to put President Donald Trump under oath in his case against the NFL,” correspondent Ryan Smith declared. The reporter made the left-wing athlete’s supposed legal case:

ABC News has confirmed that the former San Francisco 49er quarterback’s legal team is expected to ask for a subpoena, if the president won’t testify voluntarily in the case, to hopefully help prove their allegations that the league and team owners colluded to keep Kaepernick off an NFL roster after he began kneeling during the national anthem in 2016. And that President Trump’s comments about the controversy kept him sidelined.

Strahan observed: “So this is something that just keeps on going.” Smith agreed: “It really does.” Though he lamented: “And you know what? There could be an extra hurdle because he’s got to get it cleared through the NFL arbitrator before he can actually ask for that subpoena, so we’ll see where that goes. Extra hurdle for him.” Strahan added: “A lot of layers to go before we get there.”

Back in April, the hosts of GMA actually pleaded for an NFL team to sign Kaepernick for next season.

Here is a full transcript of the June 8 segment: