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New York Judge Juan Merchan Calls Trump ‘Possibly the Next President
Breitbart ^ | 05/06/2024 | KRISTINA WONG

Posted on 05/06/2024 10:39:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Judge Juan Merchan admitted in court Monday that former President Donald Trump could become “the next president” — a tacit acknowledgement not only of recent favorable polls, but that his business records trial is occurring in the middle of a presidential election with direct bearing on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

“The last thing I want to consider is jail,” Merchan warned Trump about violating a gag order placed on him. “You are [the] former president and possibly the next president.”

Merchan said Monday he would consider jail time for Trump if he continued to violate a gag order he placed on him that bans him from speaking about prosecutors (other than Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg), their staff, other members of the court, Merchan’s family members (including his daughter, who works on digital campaigns for Democrats), witnesses — including Michael Cohen, who has incessantly bashed Trump on social media — and jurors.

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KEYWORDS: juanmerchan; judge; merchan; mistrial; president; trump
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I think Merchan is terrified of Trump
1 posted on 05/06/2024 10:39:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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I think Merchan is terrified of Trump

Yep and Trump knows it. He's bating the judge to do it because he knows the gag order is illegal.

2 posted on 05/06/2024 10:43:53 AM PDT by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s a foregone conclusion. Whoever makes this stuff happen has made their (its) decision.


3 posted on 05/06/2024 10:44:09 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The crabs and bottom dwelling trash eaters are going to have an expanded menu over the next few years. They are gonna get fat too.


4 posted on 05/06/2024 10:46:33 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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I think Merchan is terrified of Trump

As much as he may be, I think that Merchan is looking forward to the notoriety, fame, and fortune that he will receive by locking up Trump.

These are sad and perhaps dying days for the Republic.

5 posted on 05/06/2024 10:46:40 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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As much as he may be, I think that Merchan is looking forward to the notoriety, fame, and fortune that he will receive by locking up Trump.

Not dissimilar from other crazed lunatics seeking notoriety from their crimes.

6 posted on 05/06/2024 10:48:25 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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7 posted on 05/06/2024 10:48:41 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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“The last thing I want to consider is jail,”

Baloney. Judge Merchandise would LOVE to put Orange Man Bad in prison.

8 posted on 05/06/2024 10:48:45 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wait until the epiphany bureaucrats everywhere suffer when they realize it’s not Trump that’s their problem, but they themselves, with a very weary public taking their crap for decades.


9 posted on 05/06/2024 10:49:03 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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...witnesses — including Michael Cohen, who has incessantly bashed Trump on social media —...

The one thing that the Trump legal team hasn't done is to petition the court to issue similar gag orders against all witnesses, prosecutors, the Court and the Court's family, and jurors from speaking out against Trump.

If Merchan issued a gag order against his daughter 'causing to be uttered' unflattering things about Trump, then that would shut down her #1 source of income.

10 posted on 05/06/2024 10:49:50 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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“The last thing I want to consider is jail,”

because it is more likely to help Trump’s election chances than to hurt them. That would defeat the purpose of this whole clown show.


11 posted on 05/06/2024 10:51:47 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: Yo-Yo

Good point. It would be fun to see what would happen if they petitioned the court for that.


12 posted on 05/06/2024 10:53:28 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I think “his honor” just blinked.


13 posted on 05/06/2024 10:55:54 AM PDT by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will)
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I think “his honor” just blinked.

Good observation.

14 posted on 05/06/2024 10:57:14 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: ChicagoConservative27

weakness is not tolerated in the revolution.


15 posted on 05/06/2024 10:57:17 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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Another Judge Ito ?


16 posted on 05/06/2024 11:00:18 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: ChicagoConservative27

At least the prick sorta admits it


17 posted on 05/06/2024 11:08:07 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He’s not going to even try to put the Commander in Chief in jail. 🙄


18 posted on 05/06/2024 11:11:47 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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19 posted on 05/06/2024 11:11:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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Trump next President, Juan Merchan former Judge……..


20 posted on 05/06/2024 11:15:28 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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