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It’s hard to tell if local Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan will receive compensation beyond adoring fandom by the New York gliteratti for this cockeyed prosecution of Donald Trump. What we do know for sure is that on Friday when he sentences the president-elect, there will be no orange jumpsuits involved.
Forthosewhohaveforgotten,this“case”againstTrumpisaFrankenstein’smonstercontrivedinNormEisen’sandotherlawfarequeens’labs.Thecaseinvolvestime-barred—lapsed—statemisdemeanorsgraftedontoafederalelectionscase,andspicedwith2017paymentstoaformermattressactressforthepurposeofstealingthe2016election.Gotthat?
TrumpallyandArticleIIIProjectfounderMikeDavissaysMerchan’sactionswillearnthe“partisan,corrupt,anddangerous”judgeaninvestigation.
Atthetime,constitutionallawprofessorandcommentatorJonathanTurleycalledthechargesthathadbeenpreviouslyturneddownbytheFedsandNewYork’sstatedistrictattorney“outrageousandlegallypathetic.”And,yes,theyare.Thetrialwasanembarrassment.
