“There is no crime. I have a crooked judge. He’s a totally conflicted judge,” Trump told supporters at a Wisconsin rally.
if he continues to violate the gag order in his criminal trial in New York, lashed out at the judge presiding over that case as “crooked.”
“There is no crime. I have a crooked judge. He’s a totally conflicted judge,” Trump told his supporters at a Wisconsin rally Wednesday—his weekly day off from the trial,the former president broke state laws governing business records and federal campaign finance law after covering up a hush-money payment to adult film starTrump has consistently lashed out at Merchan and other officials involved in his four criminal cases.
Later on Wednesday, during a rally in Freeland, Michigan, Trump complained about the “kangaroo court room,” and repeated unproven allegations that the Biden administration is behind a secret plot to bury him. “I’ve got to do two of these things a day. You know why? Because I’m in New York all the time with the Biden trial,” he said, according to the. “It’s a fake trial. They do it to try and take your powers away—try and take your candidate away.”
While the gag order allows Trump to criticize Judge Juan Merchan and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, it forbids him from talking about jurors, prosecutors, court staff, and potential or actual witnesses. Merchan’s and Bragg’s families are also off limits.for social media posts and statements doing just that, and fined him $1,000 for each of the nine violations. Merchan noted that “an incarceratory punishment” is an option if Trump continues to flout the order.
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