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With judgment on Donald Trump On Friday, the final ruling was handed down in the president-elect's criminal trial in New York. The ruling was not one that resulted in the next president not being imprisoned or placed on probation. Acting Judge Juan Merchan brought down the hammer on New York's legal system as a whole.
It was once considered the country's premier legal system, e.g New York Attorney General Letitia JamesManhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Judges Arthur F. Engoron and Juan Merchan have weaponized the system for political purposes. Trump will leave this trial and enter the White House in less than two weeks, but the New York system will fall into disgrace after this day.
The case has long been condemned by objective legal observers, including Trump's vociferous critics, as a legal absurdity. Even Elie Honig, CNN's chief legal analyst, condemned the case as legally flawed and unprecedented, while Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., simply called it “bst.”
It is a case based on a non-crime. Bragg committed a long-dead misdemeanor and brought it back to life with a new, unfounded theory. By using federal violations that had never been charged, let alone prosecuted, Bragg turned a misdemeanor into dozens of felonies and essentially prosecuted Trump for federal crimes.
Merchan not only allowed these accusations to go to trial, but then added layers of reversible errors in an attempt to go after Trump at all costs. For this reason, he was honored by the liberal media and many New Yorkers. However, Trump managed to get 3.6 million votes in New York, or 42.7%. 2024 elections. After all the legal warfare and all the advantages (including a deeply biased media and a larger war chest), Vice President Kamala Harris has lost hundreds of thousands of votes in 2024 compared to Joe Biden just four years ago.
Numerous polls showed that the public saw the Manhattan criminal case for what it was: Raw legal warfare Targeting a prominent political opponent. The election itself felt like the largest ruling in history as citizens rejected political, legal and media institutions in one of our country's most historic elections.
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New York's court system will now have a chance to redeem itself, but few are holding their breath. The Court of Appeals has yet to rule on the appeal of Attorney General Letitia James' ridiculous civil lawsuit against Trump. Although the judges expressed doubts about Enduron's use of the law to impose a whopping $455 million in fines and interest, we are still awaiting the decision.
Most are waiting for this criminal case to escape the maelstrom of the New York court system. With this appeal, this peddler's wagon of remediable wrongs will finally stand before the Supreme Court itself.
With the ruling handed down Thursday evening, the setting for the decision couldn't be better for Trump. the supreme court She has proven once again that she has shown self-control and independence in these situations. In response to the ruling, Trump delivered a pitch-perfect message Thursday night and declined to criticize the court, stating, “This is a long way from being over and I respect the court's opinion.”
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Final punishment on Friday morning Judge Merchan It reflects the lack of seriousness in the issue. It was more inflated than a Goodyear blimp, driven by extreme anger and rhetoric. The sentence was a sting that showed the huge void in this issue.
The ruling was issued. The New York legal system issued it against itself.
