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.
You should have jailed and hanged Hillary when you had the chance the first time, Donald.
Which pedophile GOP-e lawyer talked you out of it?
“Trump is the first former president in US history ever to be arrested and charged after leaving office.”
Well that can be fixed, charge Slo Joe and his son for their Treason to our nation. And the Bribes they took for the betrayal of the nation to our enemies.
How many divisions does Merchan have?
How many divisions does Merchan have?
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Well, that depends....
gang-bangers
illegal aliens of military age
criminals in prison
I was thinking the same thing...then I heard that he is not required to appear.
So…Judge Merchan has NO boss?
There is NO ONE with more authority in this country???
The Bolsheviks have planed years for this moment comrades never vote for another one again is the only way to stop them.
If not all calendar’s will be dated 1939.
The only thing this idiot deserves from President Trump is a double-barrel biker salute.
Send him a picture of that on Zoom.
I’m responding to Mechan’s comment that he’s taking this path to respect the jury’s verdict
Pam Bondi needs to slap this judge and Bragg hard
I’m skeptical that Pam Bondi has what it takes. Still can’t figure out why he chose her.
This guy is going to take a long nap.
What would happen to this judge if his DNA showed up at a few crime scenes?
Yup. I’d have a deep forensic audit done in this guy including the kind of research done by the FBI AND NSA.
The corrupt POS John Roberts and the SCOTUS refused to remove the gag order.
Nothing at all. Look no further than Hillary Clinton. She could admit to eating ten infants alive for breakfast and would be complimented for her culinary skills and table manners. Ditto Bill Clinton.
Agree 100%. What would have scared Merchan and the Left far more would have been for Trump to completely ignore it, and not show up at all on January 10.
Never.
That’s because demonrats aren’t even human beings at all.
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