President-elect claims allowing conviction to stand ‘would be the end of the Presidency as we know it’Donald Trump has posted a long, rambling screed on Truth Social against Juan Merchan, the New York judge who yesterday ruled that the president-elect’s conviction on 34 felony business fraud charges could stand.Attorneys for Trump had argued the verdicts should be thrown out because of a recent supreme court ruling giving presidents immunity for official acts, but Merchan said no, sparking the president-elect’s ire. Here’s part of what Trump wrote:In a completely illegal, psychotic order, the deeply conflicted, corrupt, biased, and incompetent Acting Justice Juan Merchan has completely disrespected the United States Supreme Court, and its Historic Decision on Immunity. But even without Immunity, this illegitimate case is nothing but a Rigged Hoax. Merchan, who is a radical partisan, wrote an opinion that is knowingly unlawful, goes against our Constitution, and, if allowed to stand, would be the end of the Presidency as we know it. Continue reading…
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Author : Chris Stein
Publish date : 2024-12-17 16:09:00
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