Posted on 04/03/2024 7:48:15 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
Judge Juan Merchan, who silenced President Donald Trump from talking about his family’s financial ties to the current hush money case he is presiding over against President Trump in New York City, shot down his bid to use presidential immunity as part of his defense.
Trump previously raised the immunity argument in a March 20124 legal filing. He asked Merchan to postpone the trial until after the Supreme Court has ruled on the extent of presidential immunity in a separate Trump case involving Special Counsel Jack Smith, which deals with bogus federal election interference charges.
The 45th President claimed the Supreme Court’s review of the case would reduce the risk of having to retry it because the New York court didn’t apply the immunity doctrine properly.
Merchan was unmoved, however, claiming Trump had ample opportunity to raise the claim before last month. He went on to say the motion tests “this court’s credulity.”
“This Court finds that the Defendant had myriad opportunities to raise the claim of presidential immunity well before March 7, 2024,” Merchan wrote in the Wednesday ruling.
“The circumstances, viewed as a whole, test this court’s credulity,” he continued.
Trump is accused of falsifying business records to obfuscate an alleged affair involving porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 Presidential campaign. Specifically, prosecutors outlandishly claim he covered up a $130,000 hush money payment by disgraced lawyer Michael Cohen.
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Most likely answer is they were overwhelmed with other work.. one of the goals and results of the Lawfare against Trump..
Corrupt Democrat stooge-”judge” alert!!
Trump is so screwed. Only the SCOTUS can saved him, and most of the justices appear willing to let Trump get destroyed.
Trump isn’t screwed. America is if we get 4 more yrs of Biden. Even if Trump was to win the election, the left won’t stop hounding him or his administration. Nothing will get done and the chance of Trump being allowed to fix anything is minuscule because our country is too far gone.
Man! They’re NEVER gonna leave him alone!
“in a March 20124 legal filing”
Doesn’t matter this SOB is eventually going to be brought up short. Colombian a@@hole that he is— this ain’t Colombia, mr. cocaina Merchan. What an a@@ who does not know the law not a little bit.
WHEN, not if, President Trump becomes POTUS 47, he will destroy America’s enemies, “foreign and domestic!”
Standby!
The Merchan Crime Family uses the same grift as the Biden Crime Family.
Daddy manipulates the law with his influence and the family cashes in on it.
>> Trump is so screwed.
“Joseph is so screwed. His brothers sold him into slavery.”
“Mordecai is so screwed. Haman is gonna hang him tomorrow!”
“Jesus is so screwed. They welcome him into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, and one week later the poor fellow is hanging on a cross!”
“Paul is so screwed. He finally gets to go to Rome, and on the way he is shipwrecked!”
Etc, etc, etc.
Look UP.
This judge was born in Colombia.
There should be a law that those not born in the USA cannot act as judges over US presidents.
Excellent comment.
I used to like cats until I got tired of your defeatist comments.
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