Posted on 01/04/2025 9:35:23 AM PST by bimboeruption
President-elect Donald Trump has expressed his outrage in a post on Truth Social after New York Judge Juan Merchan set a sentencing date of January 10 in his New York “hush money” case. Trump said that if the judge’s decision is allowed to stand, “it would be the end of the Presidency as we know it.”
If it is not overturned or postponed, the sentencing will occur just ten days before Trump returns to the White House.
Trump responded to the date being scheduled by writing, “Every Legal Scholar and Pundit, including the highly respected, and sadly recently passed, David Rivkin, as well as Jonathan Turley, Elie Honig, Andy McCarthy, Alan Dershowitz, Gregg Jarrett, Elizabeth Price Foley, Katie and Andy Cherkasky, Paul Ingrassia, and many others, have unequivocally stated that the Manhattan D.A.’s Witch Hunt is a nonexistent case, which is not only barred by the Statute of Limitations but, on the merits, should never have been brought.”
“This illegitimate political attack is nothing but a Rigged Charade. ‘Acting’ Justice Merchan, who is a radical partisan, just issued another order that is knowingly unlawful, goes against our Constitution and, if allowed to stand, would be the end of the Presidency as we know it.”
Trump concluded, “Merchan has so little respect for the Constitution that he is keeping in place an illegal gag order on me, your President and President Elect, just so I cannot expose his and his family’s disqualifying and illegal conflicts. I am the only Political Opponent in American History not allowed to defend myself – A despicable First Amendment Violation!”
In a subsequent post, Trump wrote, “…Merchan took the Bragg Hoax that, according to all Legal Scholars, should have been dead on arrival and, through his fraud and misconduct, gave it a semblance of ‘life.'”
“While Deranged Jack Smith was ‘sent packing’ back to The Hague, after losing all of his politically manufactured cases against me, Merchan, who is far worse and even more corrupt than Smith in his fight for my hopeless Political Opponents, just cannot let go of this charade,” Trump continued.
“Is it because of his conflicts and relations that he keeps breaking the Law? This has to stop! It is time to end the Lawfare once and for all, so we can come together as one Nation and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Judge Merchan ordered the sentencing date earlier on Friday after rejecting a motion to dismiss the case based on Trump’s upcoming presidency.
The Hill reports that the judge “signaled he is inclined to impose no punishment for his felony conviction.”
“Merchan signaled in his ruling that he is not inclined to impose a sentence involving prison time, given concerns about his immunity from criminal prosecution upon taking the oath of office. Instead, he suggested an unconditional discharge ‘appears to be the most viable solution,'” the report explained.
Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records after paying $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter that the two had in 2006.
The president-elect has vehemently denied Daniels’ claims.
Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement about the sentencing, “President Trump must be allowed to continue the Presidential Transition process and to execute the vital duties of the presidency, unobstructed by the remains of this or any remnants of the Witch Hunts.”
Trump is the first former president in US history ever to be arrested and charged after leaving office.
Since =when= has a democrat acted in ‘the good of the country’?
“The Dems should be embarrassed”
Democrats are generally sociopaths, therefore no possibility of embarrassment.
The Marxist Dems are beyond the ability to be shamed or embarrassed. They are simply destroyers and are intoxicated with the spirit of raw power, like their father the devil.
Pray and trust God no matter what. This too shall pass...
Trump is as usual completely right, and should never let up.
This is a disgusting Latin American Banana Republic abuse of power that if left to stand means the President is always just one venal judge and prosecutor in any random county away from being imprisoned.
Brace for impact.
“What if Trump simply refuses to dignify the procedure and fails to appear? Trump would certainly be in contempt of court, but Merchan would be powerless to penalize him or force him to appear.”
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Can’t Trump declare that the USSC already decided the matter and simply decline to appear? Tell Merchan to go pound sand. Or better yet, go back to his home country.
And his daughter, who is making a pile off of this circus!
One should not care what Demonicrats are willing to accept, especially, following their trial, conviction and sentencing, their short drop and quick stop.
Does SCOTUS have power to step in and thwart injustice when they see it happening? I suppose that the proper and legal rule is they need to be brought a case.
To surrender to this harassment by silence would be cowardice. After every election come the limp-wristed calls for patriots to shut up and quietly take leftists abuse. Sad.
“When DJT gets in office his IRS”
That is how the Democrats play. When this judge flies or drives through any red state, he should be yanked off the plane and charged with election interference and tossed in a state jail.
If I were Trump I simply would not show up to court and dare the “judge” to do anything about it.
The Democrats are the party of those who hate America. Clearly.
Merchan will be told to end it before inauguration day.“
Nope.
Judges overrule jury decisions all the time....and I believe that is the right way to go since Merchan knows some evidence was inadmissable.
Is there any way yo make Merchan’s life a living hell?
Or just really annoying?
On Monday January 20th, Trump will set a great many things right.
Judges overrule jury decisions all the time“
WTH are you thinking? This “Judge” rigged it to get the guilty verdicts. He is corrupt hand picked rat hack who was selected to get a conviction..any conviction
He should refuse to show up. If he does through zoom I hope he uses a cat filter
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