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'He HATES me!' Furious Trump slams judge who will preside over Manhattan hush money trial - the same man who found his family business guilty of fraud - as he awaits arraignment
Daily Mail UK ^ | UPDATED: 11:14 EDT, 31 March 2023 | By JEN SMITH, ROB CRILLY, EMILY GOODIN

Posted on 03/31/2023 8:58:07 AM PDT by Red Badger

* Trump, 76, was indicted on fraud charges last night by a Manhattan grand jury

* He will travel to New York to be arraigned on Tuesday afternoon

* Attorney Joe Tacopina says he won't be handcuffs - but may be perp-walked

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After recovering from the 'initial shock' of a grand jury indictment against him, President Trump is now raging about the judge who is expected to preside over the case.

Trump, 76, will be arraigned in Manhattan at 2.15pm on Tuesday on an array of business fraud charges relating to 2016 hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.

He has denied any wrongdoing, and says he is the victim of a politically-motivated witch hunt led by the famously Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Yesterday, Judge Juan Merchan was spotted arriving at the Manhattan criminal courthouse in casual clothes last night flanked by two security officers, leading many to believe that he has been chosen for the case.

Merchan previously presided over the Trump Organization fraud trial, where the family business was fined $1.2million on a range of charges.

On Friday morning, Trump took to Truth Social to complain that Merchan 'hates' him and had been 'handpicked' by Bragg and his cronies.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alvinbragg; bogota; columbia; columbian; emilygoodin; jensmith; juanmerchan; merchan; robcrilly; stormydaniels; swamp; trumporganization
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To: WalkerinSC
Not my intention. A small Army supplemented by National Guard/Reserves....

Well, you have just as much right to entertain your dreams as anyone else does, I say.

141 posted on 03/31/2023 10:35:28 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: WalkerinSC

Don’t tell other people how to live their lives. That’s what liberals do.


142 posted on 03/31/2023 10:36:24 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: WalkerinSC

How’s this for you:

I don’t care.

Everything you say is bullshite. They want/need to get Trump, so whatever reason they pick is bogus.

This goes far beyond anything we’ve ever seen in this country.


143 posted on 03/31/2023 10:37:09 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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To: V_TWIN
"He’s only been on FR for around a year"

They sound jealous. Could be Miss Lindsey Graham, or Miss Tim Scott.

144 posted on 03/31/2023 10:39:17 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: ohioman

Honestly I think it will drag along for a few weeks in the news cycle and it will mostly get dismissed before it gets to any sort of trial. It will energize his supporters which will probably push him to the nomination where he will promptly lose to whoever (short of the Beast) the Democratic Party puts up. You will win the battle and lose the war.


145 posted on 03/31/2023 10:39:35 AM PDT by WalkerinSC
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To: Lazamataz

Once again we should refrain from calling those we disagree with traitors. Unless you think I have committed treason by not supporting your preferred candidate. If so you are basically calling half of the non-Left electorate, which you need to have by the way to have any chance of winning, traitors. Not a good way to sway people to your preferred candidate.


146 posted on 03/31/2023 10:43:29 AM PDT by WalkerinSC
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To: WalkerinSC

This isn’t about just Trump. This is about not living in a tyrannical one-party state. These evil scumbags will do this to anyone without a (D) next to their name. Elections will not get us out of this mess.


147 posted on 03/31/2023 10:44:52 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

There’s a very credible allegation that in the early ‘90’s, Biden trapped a staffer against a wall, shoved his hand up her dress, and put his fingers inside her. Shortly afterwards a woman called in to the Larry King show saying something like this happened to her daughter.


148 posted on 03/31/2023 10:45:20 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: mass55th

You’re kidding right? Conservatives don’t tell others how to live? Both sides are guilty of that. Busybody-ism is a disease of all political persuasions.


149 posted on 03/31/2023 10:45:29 AM PDT by WalkerinSC
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To: WalkerinSC

IBTZ


150 posted on 03/31/2023 10:50:15 AM PDT by VetoBill
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To: Beowulf9
"Except Clinton did that while IN the White House."

And don't forget, while he was getting a BJ from Lewinsky in the Oval Office, he was on the phone talking with then Alabama Congressman Sonny Callahan about troop deployments.

151 posted on 03/31/2023 10:51:47 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: JohnnyP

VERY familiar with this story, as a matter of fact this woman is now being targeted by SEVERAL of the alphabet agencies she was on the Eric Bolling show just a couple of days ago!! I am far more concerned with Pedo Joe showering with his young daughter the whole family are a bunch of grifters having NEVER signed the front of a paycheck or built ANYTHING!!! You can always tell what SCUM people are by who their children turn out to be!!!


152 posted on 03/31/2023 10:52:21 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Here’s a re-spin on that thought.

What if this is all an Operation Chaos Democrat style move. They know that every time something like this happens, Trumps base rallies. His rabid base is super motivated for the ‘Revenge Tour’ and they are a solid primary block in a crowded field. They have already proven he also motivates their side plus enough of the center that even an addled meat puppet beat him. In other words, Trump is the Republican Hillary Clinton. He moves the needle on a vocal segment of his side but moves the other side to even greater motivation to keep him away.

They know this will never stick. It’s a tenuous case at best.

Is this what is happening? Probably not. That’s some 6-D Backgammon. Makes for interesting mind exercise though.


154 posted on 03/31/2023 10:58:28 AM PDT by WalkerinSC
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To: WalkerinSC

It could also be all avoided if we didn’t have a two tier justice system. If it is not this it will be something else as you will find out soon enough.


155 posted on 03/31/2023 11:07:09 AM PDT by Baldwin
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To: Red Badger

We have a totally corrupt justice system in this country now. We saw it when Durham was unable to get convictions on criminals for which he had indisputable evidence. The judges were actually highly responsible by allowing people on the jury that were proven to be biased, and by filtering out much of the evidence from the jury. Of course then there is the problem that even the members of the jury don’t care about the evidence.


156 posted on 03/31/2023 11:14:14 AM PDT by Revel
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To: WalkerinSC

Wow! We just found Lindsey (aka Linda) Graham’s secret lover right here.


157 posted on 03/31/2023 11:14:51 AM PDT by Colo9250
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To: Revel

OJ type jurors are the norm nowadays......................


158 posted on 03/31/2023 11:15:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Baldwin

That’s another topic which could spin out of control on here. The two (or maybe even three) tiered justice and political system we currently have in the US. You mix money, race, class, religion, celebrity culture, and corporation influence together and you get a potpourri of issues that would sink a lesser country, and could sink this one, if not addressed.


159 posted on 03/31/2023 11:18:07 AM PDT by WalkerinSC
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To: Colo9250

Ah yes, calling those you disagree with homosexuals. Isn’t there a puzzle you could be solving somewhere or Amish to call out?


160 posted on 03/31/2023 11:19:44 AM PDT by WalkerinSC
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