Posted on 04/15/2024 3:56:57 PM PDT by bitt
President Trump on Monday afternoon spoke to the press after the first day of the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ trial in Manhattan.
Jury selection was underway on Monday morning for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s lawfare case against Trump related to ‘hush payments’ made to porn star Stormy Daniels.
After refusing to recuse himself, Judge Juan Merchan on Monday threatened to put President Trump in jail if he doesn’t show up for trial.
Merchan read Trump his right to be in court during the trial.
The judge told Trump a warrant would be issued for his arrest if he failed to show up to trial without a valid reason.
President Trump asked the judge if he could skip the trial on Wednesday for his son Barron’s graduation.
Judge Merchan said that the decision “really depends on if we are on time and where we are in the trial.”
President Trump spoke out after Judge Merchan threatened him with jail if he skipped court.
President Trump: We had some amazing things happen today.
As you know, my son is graduating from high school, and it looks like the judge will not let me go through the graduation of my son, who’s worked very, very hard. He’s a great student. We’re very proud of the fact that he did so well. And he was looking forward for years to have this graduation with his mother and father there. It looks like the judges are not going to allow me to escape this scam. It’s a scam trial.
If you read all of the legal pundits, all of the legal scholars today, there’s not one that I see that said this is a case that should be brought or tried. It’s a scam. It’s a political witch hunt. It continues It continues forever. And we’re not going to be given a fair trial. It’s a very, very sad thing.
In addition, as you know, next Thursday, we’re before the United States Supreme Court in a very big hearing on immunity. And this is something that we We’ve been waiting for a long time. The judge, of course, is not going to allow us.
He’s a very conflicted judge, and he’s not going to allow us to go to that. He won’t allow me to leave here for a half a day, go to DC, and go before the United States Supreme Court because he thinks he’s superior, I guess, than the Supreme Court. We got a real problem with this judge. We have a real problem with a lot of things having to do with this trial, including the DA, because you go right outside and people are being muffled and killed all day long. He’s sitting here all day with 10 or 12 prosecutors over nothing, over what people say shouldn’t be a trial.
I just want to thank you very much.
How awful!
WATCH:
.........was thinking the same thing, the BEST that can happen to the Democrats is for a higher court or higher ranking judge to end this charade.
Every day in court is like the Dimwits are shooting themselves in the foot, reloading, and shooting their foot again...........
Bottomed out, yes. I suspect for the general voter it is becoming old news, getting old, getting tiring. Too much drama. Even if it is wrong, persecution, they won’t get that far in thinking about it. Especially if they get their news from Facebook, Yahoo, etc.
“”A kangaroo court, and a “judge” from a banana republic, who re-located to the banana republic of New Jerk state.””
Apparently no one knows his actual age either...
Juan Merchan
Justice of the New York Supreme Court
Acting
Assumed office
2009
Appointed by Ann Pfau
Personal details
Born Juan Manuel Merchan
1962 or 1963 (age 61–62)
Bogotá, Colombia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Merchan
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It would be interesting to see how the Secret Service would handle Trump being arrested. Would they send agents to jail with him?
Also they probably would not let armed LEO’s access to Trump.
Doesn’t matter if they shoot their asses off, they can do it because they can and they can get away with it. Try MAGA people blocking a freeway and see what happens. Your asses will be in the clink so fast you won’t know what hit you, but pro hamas terrorist invaders masquerading as illegal Americans can get away with anything.
Maga supporters need to surround their homes and HARASS them 24/7 just as the RATS do to the conservative SCOTUS justices WITHOUT ANY REPERCUSSIONS.
Oops, meant to say masquerading as legal American citizens
Inasmuch as we are a full scale banana republic, should remember this immigrant judge ( who knows if he’s here legally) and promptly deport him when he takes office in ‘25. Paybacks a bitch.
Probably a cocaine cartel plant.
Tump is good at playing the victim card. Of course it helps if you are in fact a victim.
Eventually, something will need to happen to stop this crap.
He would have been a special guest of the great Pinochet...
He no doubt would love to have his goons go in and arrest DT.
Trump is a victim. In my book.
These Marxists see the Biden Regime as a open window to impose their rule on our society. If it would benefit Judge Merchan, he would throw Melania and Baron in jail for contempt after flipping a coin and getting tails.
America, take notice. While you are watching your “Wheel of Fortune,” they are setting their target on you for using too many squares of toilet paper. Bank on it!
The time to stop this was the Election of 2020. We did nothing. It could be stopped with bloodshed. But we don’t have it in us to shed our blood. So,....it will only get worse.
There are reasons why many Americans are disgusted with lawyers, our judicial system and especially our politicians.
These little gadflies, these little worms, glory in their ability to order Trump around. Then they go home and play with their rubber duckies in the bathtub.
When Preident Trump is re-elected he will be catching shooting stars and dropping them down on these Marxist maniacs. Scorched Earth would not be the name for it! Those “Wheel of Fortune” watchers would turn to watching a real eclipse.
Barron may well become president in a future age.
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