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.
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Someone else said this judge was born in Bogota, Columbia.
Wonder what he thinks of FARC?
Well, this silliness did succeed in clearing the media of the news that a transgendered mental case just murdered a bunch of innocent people in a school and some poor janitor at a church.
Instead of investigating how and by whom the killer was groomed into self destruction that led to the murders, the media is in full “chupacabra/sasquatch” mode breathlessly covering the next figment of the left’s imagination, yet another manufactured claim against Trump.
Judge Juan Merchan is affirmative action - immigrant from Colombia.
Things are a little different now versus WWII. I am not sure with satellites, drones, and such that an amphibious landing such as Normandy could be pulled off today. Also the nuclear deterrent is in place, which I believe has prevented WWIII for the past 70+ years.
Hard to argue the majority of your point.
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