In an egregious exhibition of judicial lawfare, Judge Juan Merchan has ordered President Donald Trump to appear (in person or virtually) before his court for sentencing on January 10, 2025.
Merchan is expected to deliver an unconditional discharge the “most viable solution to ensure finality and allow Defendant to pursue his appellate options.”
ABC […] Trump’s legal team is expected to try to stop the Jan. 10 sentencing, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. His lawyers intend to ask an intermediate New York appellate court to intervene and stop the sentencing hearing from going forward, the sources said.
Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung, in a statement, called Merchan’s ruling “a direct violation of the Supreme Court’s Immunity decision and other longstanding jurisprudence.” “President Trump must be allowed to continue the Presidential Transition process and to execute the vital duties of the presidency, unobstructed by the remains of this or any remnants of the Witch Hunts. There should be no sentencing,” the statement said. (more)
President Trump responded via Truth Social:
Every Legal Scholar and Pundit, including the highly respected, and sadly recently passed, David Rivkin, as well as Jonathan Turley, Elie Honig, Andy McCarthy, Alan Dershowitz, Gregg Jarrett, Elizabeth Price Foley, Katie and Andy Cherkasky, Paul Ingrassia, and many others, have unequivocally stated that the Manhattan D.A.’s Witch Hunt is a nonexistent case, which is not only barred by the Statute of Limitations but, on the merits, should never have been brought.
This illegitimate political attack is nothing but a Rigged Charade. “Acting” Justice Merchan, who is a radical partisan, just issued another order that is knowingly unlawful, goes against our Constitution and, if allowed to stand, would be the end of the Presidency as we know it. Merchan has so little respect for the Constitution that he is keeping in place an illegal gag order on me, your President and President Elect, just so I cannot expose his and his family’s disqualifying and illegal conflicts. I am the only Political Opponent in American History not allowed to defend myself – A despicable First Amendment Violation! …
…Merchan took the Bragg Hoax that, according to all Legal Scholars, should have been dead on arrival and, through his fraud and misconduct, gave it a semblance of “life.” While Deranged Jack Smith was “sent packing” back to The Hague, after losing all of his politically manufactured cases against me, Merchan, who is far worse and even more corrupt than Smith in his fight for my hopeless Political Opponents, just cannot let go of this charade.
Is it because of his conflicts and relations that he keeps breaking the Law? This has to stop! It is time to end the Lawfare once and for all, so we can come together as one Nation and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! (LINK)
Will someone rid US of this meddlesome Colombian? A Democrat donor and an Ukranian agent can go around taking shots at President Donald Trump, while the Colombian’s daughter collects millions for Kameltoes and Melonhead. There is no justice for US in NYC and DC.
cross posted at https://freedomaustralia.freeforums.net/thread/6569/comes-merchan-judge-president-trump
Hoo boy… you’re on the International List now, my friend…
You reckon it’s bad in the USA?
In Australia it’s worse.
We’re hanging out for you folk to succeed.
Police State Cops Deployed Against Farmers in Australia
https://freedomaustralia.freeforums.net/thread/6565/police-state-deployed-farmers-australia
We’re hanging out for you folk to succeed.
Unfortunately, not likely.
The figures for the well documented as Marxist/Maoist duo of idiots who supported the castration of children, open borders, the release of criminals without bail, etc., etc.:
74,999,166 votes – 48.3% of the popular vote
For Trump:
77,284,118 votes – 49.8% of the popular vote
That indicates a significant, easily propagandized, attention deficit, political idiocracy very possibly combined with voter fraud.
Most folks here know the difference between a vote and a ballot.
Trust God.
Fear not.
Trust God.
Fear not.
You mean like “Trust the plan”?
It’s not going to be much longer for the idiocracy of young, .gov-educated populace to take over. This is likely the last gasp before the fall . . .
Wow. That’s very, very bad. You guys desperately need a few Quigley’s down under. The 45/110 Shiloh Sharps can reach a looooong way. Tell ’em the Dingo did it.
Your cops are just a few feet away from full blown Gestapo. Many of ours here aren’t that much farther away from it, either. Seems like the Aussie overlords want to return everyone on the continent to prisoner status. Don’t let ’em. Even if you have to thrown ’em to the crocs. It’s coming closer to live or die; and those damn Covid camps for the orignals were as despicable and lowdown as Auschwitz was to the Jews.
if the above doesn’t work try https://freedomaustralia.freeforums.net/thread/6569/comes-merchan-judge-president-january
“Personally appear or virtual” ten days before inauguration shows the utter disrespect Merchan has for PDJT, the Presidency and SCOTUS. So what’s the reason Chief Justice Roberts hasn’t stepped in?
Roberts? YGBSM. Having seen the reversible error that would certainly be coming their way SCOTUS is unlikely to reach down in this matter, although I imagine there are a handful chomping at the bit.
Roberts (and SCROTUS) has always been the problem, never the solution. He can his annual letter and shove it up his ash.
Same blackmail albatross they’ve had hanging over his head as always. He was on the Lolita Express manifest, also photographed in a pool with Ghislaine Maxwell.
Article 3 Sec 1
Any Judge can be removed for bad Behavior.
Trust God.
Fear not.
The problem is no one seems in a hurry to remove them.
Please elaborate. WHO has that authority to rid a corrupt judge(s) ?
The Judiciary is as corrupted as the legislative.
He is just a criminal sycophants sucking up to his task masters.
“Attend Remotely” is the key to stopping the BS. All PDT has to do is show up on a zoom call then create static interference every time that idiot judge starts to drool. Would totally undercut the lawfare scum
I’ll never forget my exposure to this tactic among competing defense contractors. A few of us were on a conference call to another contractor and our project manager had had enough of whatever was being dished out. He began slowly tearing pieces of paper in front of the old triangular speaker phone. The guy on the other end tried to keep up the talking, but it was a vain effort. Nobody can talk through that kind of interference.
Especially if they inject a video of Pelosi ripping up the state of the union.
Not only will it cause disruption, the lamestream media will have a hard time showing it.
Like that!
I look for God to intervene now. Merchan will soon regret his foolishness.
God already has intervened. The ball’s in our court.
Without full retribution, America loses its claim of having a system of laws under its constitution. Donald Trump does not have the right to excuse this assault on the American justice system.
There is no “mercy” in tolerance of this organized crime by hundreds of Trump haters.
All of these people deserve a broad and intense prosecution of every crime they have committed. They need to be hounded relentlessly until they are left penniless from overwhelming legal fees.
If they do not pay with their lives, they need to be driven to wishing they were dead from the endless, crushing legal processes launched against them.
Hound them without mercy in criminal and civil filings and court appearances at state and federal levels.
May these people never see relief from their deserved fate. They created the monster “the process is the punishment” so let them experience the full weight of that unending punishment themselves.
Cry “havoc,” and let slip the terrifying Godzilla with his roaring and thundering chase right at their heels. May they ALL lose control of bladder and bowels.
Beautiful!
and if justice is blocked by corrupted courts, justice could take the form of accidentally being run over by a bus.
Your last two lines: Hyperbole at its very best! lololol
Absolutely well said Gnome1949. They must ALL be held accountable. I am praying that this finally lets President Trump see how serious this is for our judiciary.
I like the ring of this. But before we get to final justice I have only one request.
I’ve always appreciated the specific use of tar and feather. It has almost exclusively been used to punish liars, cheats, scofflaws, corrupt officials and whores.
It seems to me the most fitted mg ways to publicly humiliate these kinds of merchant types. Throwing some rotten tomatoes from the crowd and taunting them bonus points.
They went medieval on President Trump, US.
We return the favor and apply dark age punishment.
Then they are expelled. Then they are allowed to take the long naps.
Examples must be made. Otherwise we will continue to see these Corruptors interfere and break down society. They must be reminded there are severe consequences to this sort of lawless behavior.
Tar and feather
Agree!
Add stocks in the town square please !
Hard labor cutting the grass on the side of a federal highway, with pinking shears. For as long as their life should last.
In Florida in July.
While I endorse your idea, I have no doubts that certain NGO types and LAWYER SCUM wi9ll come out of the woodworks to protest this antiquated process as cruel and unusual.
Of course it is both, but that doesn’t make it a bad punishment IMO.
Tell this to our cowardly House and Senate….You should not have negotiated with Evil….You shouldn’t have pretended that this illegitimate administration was legit.
They will continue the pretending.
It’s all an illusion for the masses-The Truman Show. Plugged into the Matrix.
And if we’re running low on tar and feathers, we go directly to Plan B: Honey and fire ants! Just sayin’
Tar and featherDraw and quarter💯
Magnificent, what a joy to read and I agree completely.
May they all suffer the humiliation of that final sentence.
Exactly
All democrats!!! Every single one!
Don’t forget the Republicans, who are just as guilty.
Yes. I’m a life long Republican, an older guy. The party in particular at the top is very corrupt. No quarter for them either.
The party all the way down to local is corrupt. End it all. Start fresh.
Be sure not to forget Chucku Schumer, for threatening the SCOTUS.
Schumer admitted to a crime when he failed to inform the authorities of the evidence for his “ 6 ways too Sunday….” statement.
I have lived a nice life. I have never had to carry a weapon to defend my life or to take one. In the history of mankind I am part of a small and privileged group.
There is no guarantee I or any of us so privileged will remain in this group.
Nor are we afraid to do our part. “Beware the silent man”, especially when things like a “life sentence” doesn’t mean too much anymore!
Amen.
Sue them to OBLIVION.
I agree, the full pursuit and punishment of these criminals is a necessity to reinstating any credibility in our institutions AND in preserving the credibility of PDJT. I would expect him to fully pursue them in civil court too. I would expect a greater pursuit than of the J6 prisoners.
Public tar and feather and throw them in icy waters.
One must go straight for the head of the snake in order to kill it. That is Reid Hoffman who was joined at the hip with Jeffrey Epstein.
From Forbes: “Billionaire LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman funded E. Jean Carroll’s prosecution alleging former President Donald Trump raped her, through a nonprofit group the major Democratic donor backs.” I’m sure that there are other “donors” as well.
Since he’s unlikely to be bankrupted, he can nonetheless be hounded & very likely prosecuted & jailed for criminal acts.
Of all the LawFare connivance, this case holds the remnant stench of sulfur from the Specious Counsel. The contrivance and complex contortions applied to the legal apparatus suggest the influence of Andrew Weissmann.
“Whether Bragg will continue to prosecute aggressively and fairly remains to be seen, but for now it is certainly worth reconsidering the initial judgment concerning his work. He may well be rising to the historic moment in which he finds himself, and demonstrating the backbone, temperament, and principles necessary to the task at hand.”
https://www.justsecurity.org/82833/the-curious-case-of-alvin-bragg-reconsidering-the-das-trump-investigation/
If there is to be any retribution for what has gone down for the past 10 years, Merchan, Bragg and the shadow participants in this malicious scheme should be made to pay a severe price. They must be made the example, for the future of justice in the United States is at stake.
Don’t forget the nut job that perpetuated the lie. Made an example of so that cases like this are deterred.
You have blessed us with the best of the web today. Congratulations !
Powerful writing! Beautiful!!
Sorry, President elect Trump’ssecurity received information from someone familiar with the matter and that matched information we received from 2 insiders that would only speak off the record of a possible, imminent threat to the President elect.
So he was advised against appearing for security reasons.
There would be no reason at all for President Trump to spend valuable time attending the star chamber proceedings.
A phone call while multitasking is his best approach to the sinister attempt to damage the incoming president.
With static
Thank you, SD. Here’s a video of a gentleman whose YT channel I’ve followed for a few years. He’s a (former) lawyer and does excellent research on everything associated with President Trump and his cases. If you have a bit of time over the weekend, this video helps to clarify a lot:
https://www.youtube.com/live/FuU7N-WK1DI?si=_GUppAV2GOudYPsS
Great link! Must watch!
The blob may regret this. Trump’s allocution could be epic.
“Allocation” = Word of the Day! You are indeed a “man of letters”. Well done, Joe!
Allocation and allocution in the same article. My aren’t we testing vocabulary today 😉
I wonder if Merchan’s daughter made any bookkeeping errors in her federal election filings. Wouldn’t that be a hoot if the feds investigated and prosecuted her?
We could just manufacture that it happened. Isn’t this the fair way to reconcile these criminals?
I believe that’s the San Francisco Values Nancy P is always talking about…
Agree. From what I’ve heard, there’s already a thoroughly legal conflict of interest basis under which she could be prosecuted. No need to go the lawfare route.
Go every route at once. Every single one.
We aren’t liars and cheats! So No!
it just takes one to “take for the team”..serving justice to these scumbags by playing nice and inside the lines is exactly how they have been allowed to have power.
think of it this way. when Rudy went full Rambo, to take down criminal gangs, the mafi and corrupt police, he set aside some “norms” no knock…quite controversial. but highly effective. and while there were some who wined about it, he was hailed as a hero champion for the people of New York who have to sit quietly for so long and watch the so called officials in the city do nothing…claiming ..wait for it..”we cannot allow ourselves to stoop to the level of these criminals. we have to be better…yada yada yada. (I remember…I lived in the city during those years. I also watched how the start of a very good relationshiop formed between Donald Trump and Rudy too. It was kind of weird at the time, and would not make much sense to me given that Donald had some odd “friends” …which isn’t to imply he was on the dark side, but anyone knowing his main attorney was in fact pivotal to defending some major crime figures in the city…everyone knew that.
anyway…you do realize I am being facetious about the tar and feather. But I am NOT about being very aggressive and relentless to humiliate and to establish these people as scoundrels and where possible as proven criminals.
I like Rudy…I like how he thinks. He was one of a kind, the old school type. you looked at problems and said, we just take these gloves off….we put them on, we can take them off.
so he did and in record time, a WHOLE BUNCH OF BAD GUYS went to jail…I admire that. It should be common.
we have been “seduced” with this idea that only the left because they are corrupt can be aggressive.
we need to rethink that and proceed to not be polite about how we conduct this war operation.
because it is a war….and we have a nation to save.
these are solely my own opinions and mean nothing personal whatsover to the valid points you have made. I just think there is a way to get there from here, and still hold to a position of moral right and cause. God Willing.
God Bless America
Another day, another distraction from the tectonics grinding toward US collapse.
Such as
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/david-stockman-brewing-us-debt-ceiling-crisis
Trump has repeatedly said he means to make America solvent by outgrowing the spending, and he was largely successful at it in his first term.
It is surely possible that he will be unable to do so in his third term, coming up, but for Stockman to get all the way through his warning without ever mentioning those two facts makes it hard to take him seriously.
Trump may “restructure” the debt….Make an offer they can’t refuse. Did it in his personal life….I see no reason for us to be paying a trillion in interest on printed dollars ‘out of thin air” given as freebies to big banks.
AI answer to my interest question.
“The U.S. government pays interest on its debt to various entities, including individuals, businesses, pension and mutual funds, state and local governments, and foreign entities. When the government borrows money, it issues securities such as Treasury bonds, bills, and notes, which are sold to investors through auctions managed by the Federal Reserve on behalf of the U.S. Treasury. The interest payments are made to these investors based on the terms of the securities they hold.”
The government can’t stiff these investors. In good faith they “invested” and they should expect return. I might suggest some government lawsuits/fines against a bunch of lefty lawfare and corporate weasels, and send that money to the investors.
The Governor can stop this.
Biden has committed treason. Pictures of him as VP meeting with Hunter and pals when he said he knew nothing. Treason is not pardonable.
Hochul loves it.
Justice AND Retribution must be meted out to Judge Merchon, DA Bragg, and all those within the legal community from city to state to federal attorneys and judges who have abused the power entrusted to them by the people for political gain. They must all be made to suffer through imprisonment, disbarment, loss of judgeships and financial ruin. Only then will justice truly be satisfied.
Republicans don’t have the guts to do anything like this. If the parties were reversed you can bet there would be swift and severe punishment.
Because those “Republicans” are really democrats. They need to be removed quickly.
We’ll see what blondie Bondi does….if nothing than we know what to expect in the future. We must be so loud that PT hears us.
Merchan is like the neighborhood bully who has finally received a black eye and bloody nose at the hands of a strong guy who detests bullies. As the bloodied and bruised bully trudges away he feels compelled to spit out one last bit of defiant nastiness—from a safe distance, that is
I follow your writing on Renew America.
Merchan must double down. He has no choice. Anything else would be admitting guilt.
The President represents The United States. That judge should be arrested for…… there is a lot that can be done IMHO! Too many to list.
Judges need to be shown they are not above the law and/or The President of The United States.
I’ve always been curious about Merchan’s personal relationships. For example, his wife and daughter both have the same name, although spelled differently. In EVERY supposedly of Merchan and his wife, the woman in the photo is his daughter. While Merchan’s skeletons in the closet may have no meaning, I’ve wondered as to what they are…..Now, interestingly, I tried posting on X yesterday, wondering about the daughter/wife issue. AND X WOULD NOT LET ME POST THIS. Instead I kep getting a warning that I might be a bot, spam, etc. Just for the heck of it, I tried posting another tweet. I was allowed. But I was not allowed to question Merchan’s relationships. Strange, that.
CTH will not let me edit the above, but I meant to say ‘in EVERY photo’ supposedly of Merchan and his wife…..
Clearly X and Merchan answer to the same evil.
Wow.
As Sundance said:
“The Marxist and Communist movements within our nation are going to counter the 2024 election result with every tool in their playbook. ”
Perhaps I’m out of my lane here … but were I Trump, I’d just “decline” the “sentencing dog-and-pony-show”, virtual or otherwise … and because:
“Official duties as the President-Elect of the United States of America are demanding all of my time and attention at this critical period in the history of our Country … ”
Or something similar … and no, I’m not a lawyer … thank God.
My thoughts as well…then what will these criminals do because they can’t interfere with our [Acting] PDJT with their demented fabricated garbage? Time to take out the trash…as it were.
So love this….defiance…..will not cooperate with lawlessness…..showdown.
Come together ?
This does not compute .
It’s time the GOP to get rid of this COMPROMISING SONG AND DANCE WITH THE TRUE ENEMIES OF THE GOVERNMENT
Demon-crat Communists
But, but, but… those are their friends across the aisle… they cannot & will not.
DemonCRAP
Too much reliance on what is limited immunity and not enough reliance on the reversible errors committed by the judge and the prosecutor in the case. Mark Levin, more than once, advised Trump’s lawyers, on air, to send a Common Law writ to the Supreme Court to obtain relief on the basis of Constitutional violations by Judge Merchan, the most egregious being the cafeteria style selection by the jury of one of five potential felonies that Trump just MIGHT have committed. The pure asininity of that action exposes the entire enterprise as a case of personal and political animus on the part of the Judge.
As I said below, “this man will not stop until he is stopped by a superior court.” He thinks he’s got his moment of glory and he’s sticking to it.
Why won’t PT put Levin….Paxton….Eastman…..in his administration….so much better than the TV lawyer Alina Habba.
… lawfare is still running wild, unabated, unindered!
it is time this judge is arrested and thrown in jail for obstruction and BS ruling……this guy is a commie a– dickhead…..time to demonstrate outside the court and get in their faces…..the time for real insurrection is NOW….LNL
Take away his citizenship, and ship him and his entire family back to where he came from.
Include that Chonka judge in DC court.
The US has a law and lawyer problem. Far too many laws and regulations and hence far too many lawyers and judges that are busy with prosecuting what has nothing to do with real harmful crimes in many instances. Perhaps this also helps explain why there is a disproportionately high number of lawyers as political representatives.
President Trump showed the way in his first term by pushing for a significant reduction in and cleaning up of regulations. Less regulations and laws are essential and these should be as simply and concisely written as possible – anyone with a good grasp and understanding of language and of how it works can see that it is often possible to be both brief and clear even when involved in the most complex matters. This will lead to a massive savings especially for small businesses. However, it will be a mammoth and time consuming task for all the reforms needed. Congress needs to cooperate by doing its job which is responsible governance of the country and shifting to the individual states what should and could be done in these more efficiently.
I don’t know about regulation cutting being as mammoth and time-consuming as some other tasks, such as taking out the illegal border jumpers.
If I recall correctly, PDJT wiped out regulations in his first term through executive order.
JoeBama basically had one big EO he probably expressed as “Reverse whatever that guy did, about, you know, the thing.” Everything was pre-written for him by Team Blob.
And now Team Trump is preparing to throw out the JoeBama aberration.
The lawyers are responsible for the “jail” we live in today. They are responsible for the destruction of freedom.
I hope he makes a personal appearance and holds a press conference after where he defies the gag order.
Who’s responsible for this charade? The upper courts including the supreme that should have put a stop to this a long time ago.
And 0biden regime appointed 235 federal judges to encourage the lawfare to continue thru Trump Era and beyond.
WeThePeople gave a mandate @election day and were smart to realize that lawfare has no place in American society. We have won a battle but not the war. We never backdoor, never surrender and fight,fight fight.
This needs to immediately go, first to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, then to the US Supreme Court for an immediate declaration. Merchan is still clinging to his “fifteen minutes of fame.” He wants to be the judge who “puts Trump in jail” – albeit for nothing. Instead, he should be stripped of his judgeship and summarily disbarred. But, mark my words, he will not stop until he is stopped by a superior court.
Time for a little white hat spy novel action on these leftists. Surely there are some good guys left in spook land somewhere.
Maybe I am misremembering, but didn’t the New York Legislature pass a law specifically allowing a a waiver of the statute of limitations and some other things so that this case could be prosecuted specifically against Trump? Last year [2023] Hochul told New Yorkers not to worry, the law would never be used against anyone else. What’s the difference between that and a Bill of Attainder?
That is the very definition of a “bill of attainder” –
None.
That was the E. Jean Carroll “rape” case that she created out of thin air…
And then the case of “over estimating “ the value of his property so that the bank loaned him money and then he paid it back with interest and the bank was happy!
Those 2 cases required the NY laws to be twisted into pretzels and in the Carol case, the NY Legislature Changed The Statue of Limitation so that case could be filed and prosecuted…… No Joke!!!
ELECTION INTERFERENCE….by Hochul? Another candidate for jail time.
IMHO, this doesn’t matter at all.
President Trump should fully pardon himself on January 20 along with all January 6 defendants.
He should not deign to appear in Merchan’s court for security reasons. He can appear virtually or not whatever he chooses.
The “optics” , being called a convicted felon etc don’t matter at this point for President Trump. He is greater than that. To quote Bannon, he was treated like Charlemagne when he entered Notre Dame for the recent reopening ceremony.
As an aside, I wonder if Merchan is a tool of the cartels and they are pulling his strings.
I believe that only works in federal cases.
Another perfect example of the Left’s refusal to accept defeat. Not only not accepting,but doubling-down on their efforts to humiliate, incarcerate, belittle, impugn, and/or financially cripple President Trump. This is how they play and how we (conservatives) don’t or won’t. I read about avoiding retribution. Screw that.
Let’s see how this plays out during the election certification process. I trust nothing the government is involved in.
Weren’t the Trump Organization and Eric Trump also defendants in this case? And wasn’t that Trump Organization put under this judge’s thumb where an agency of the State of New York was put in charge of all final decisions for running the Trump Organization and isn’t it possible that this judge could actually order Eric Trump to serve time in jail?
Asking because President Trump isn’t the only defendant and what a distraction where everyone is thinking about President Trump and everyone forgetting that actual business of the Trump Organization, and it’s current head, Eric Trump, are also in the line of, well, fire?
Very good point.
No, different case…
Phew! There are so many cases to keep track of, thought this was the one involving the Trump Organization. Good; dreaded the thought of how angry President Trump would be, throwing him off his game plan, if Eric was in jeopardy of being jailed.
Don’t forget the accountant serving time…..
Elon should gift the Judge a brand new Tesla.
I would prefer that Elon gift the judge a fish wrapped in newspaper.
Why are Telsa’s still available with their exploding battery “safety” issues. Any EV for that matter.
You have to admire Judge Merchan. Having the confidence to forge ahead despite everyone knowing he’s a corrupt hack who should be thrown off the bench, disbarred, and prosecuted for graft in this transparently political hit job. He’s really special.
He’s incredibly naïve . . .
Confidence? Nope. Communist weasel (my apologies to any genuine furry weasels).
This is one of the many problems in allowing people born in other countries and allowing them into any public office whatsoever.
He is Columbian born and should never sit on any judicial bench
BINGO!!!
Judge Juan needs to go to jail for violating the supreme court ruling.
I know I’m terribly naive… but how in the world can this even be happening?
When a “judge” goes rogue, as this judge apparently is doing, what is the remedy without the “victim” having to spend so much money fighting him? Can the Supreme Court step in or do they have to be petitioned to do so?
Just reminds me that us “little people” have no hope to fight judicial persecution if they can do this to do an elected President of the United States.
Well, actually, it forces us to rely on our first and second amendment rights to defend ourselves. Example, which is happening more frequently now: the government decides they want your land and just step in and take it (Bundy Ranch comes to mind). Your only remedy is to stand your ground. How is that any different than the government trying to take your reputation, your business, your job, etc? Inquiring minds… We keep being backed into a corner.
Just a thought…
Last ditch effort to try to keep President Trump out of office?
Sentencing makes him a “convicted felon”.
Can a “convicted felon” take the office?
Constitutionally there is nothing to prevent it specifically, though I’m sure since that document doesn’t exist for the practitioners of lawfare and their fear is palpable it won’t stop them from trying.
Ergo the timing of this grotesque sentencing parody by a “randomly selected” (acting) judge who wasn’t in the pool for selection.
Methinks that we are witnessing our very own cack-handed attempt at a Colour Revolution.
Interesting name you have there.
Looks VERY similar to another Betsy on TCT!
This is the only site I post on, Guest.
TCT??
I have no idea what that is.
A little background info from Wikipedia FYI. Thought this tidbit might interest someone (more info if u go to website – his neighborhood and schooling in NY all middle class.)
Merchan was born in Bogotá, Colombia.[3] He immigrated to New York City when he was six years old, growing up in Jackson Heights, Queens, as the youngest of six children.
His father had been a military officer in Colombia.[4] Merchan studied business at Baruch College in Manhattan, graduating in 1990, and earned his Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law on Long Island in 1994.[2]
He was the first member of his family to go to college.[5]
And he obviously did a poor job at school!
It is time for this judge need arrest then send him to where he came from Africa,
another thing need investigation he’s daughter been involved and made millions from Democracy’s,
I have never understood Trump’s lawyers on this phony case. The entire affair was bogus, from the charges, to fiddling with the statute of limitations, etc. DJT’s lawyers keep relying on the SC ruling. I’m not sure I’d be willing to rely on the SC here (or anywhere).
Anyway, it seems to me that instead of fighting the ridiculous charges from the start–how was this case not thrown out?–they kept pointing to the the SC ruling, which, in this case, is a little murky, i.e., it’s not Trump’s strongest rebuttal.
This trial was a modified bill of attainder attack on DJT. We have the NY Atty Gen on record as saying she was personally going to go after a citizen. That alone should have gotten the case tossed. And the judge? I expect that the case will get tossed on appeal.
I for one won’t be happy until the judge and the DA and the Atty Gen are charged with a crime. Because that’s what this third world trial was: a crime. Also: 34 felonies? For one alleged “crime.” Stalin could have gotten some pointers from these evil-doers.
From Cornell Law School.
Abuse of process is a common law tort that involves the misuse of legal process(es) for an ulterior purpose. Abuse of process is one of several actionable offenses aimed at discouraging bad-faith litigation attempts. Indeed, courts hold the authority to sanction parties for bringing frivolous action, and parties also have a right to action under the claim of malicious prosecution.
Generally, the elements for abuse of process are: (1) the use of an illegal or improper use of process; (2) an ulterior motive or improper purpose; and in some jurisdictions (3) harm to a litigant. For the purposes of abuse of process, an arbitration proceeding is a judicial proceeding. Abuse of process has been described as misusing a “criminal or civil process against another party for a purpose different than the proceeding’s intended purposes” and thereby causing the party damages (e.g., arrest, seizure of property, or economic injury).
A classic case of abuse of process entails an attempt by a plaintiff to coerce the defendant to do some collateral thing which they could not be legally and regularly compelled to do. For example, in a case where a former employer sought to bring criminal charges to its employee to recover stolen money, while knowing that the employee was not responsible for the theft, the court held the employer liable for abuse of process for initiating criminal charges while knowing that the charges were unsupported by probable cause.
Only one simple response to Merchan, his daughter, the kangaroo court, NY Democrats, Fat Alvin, and the goblin Big Tish – Go pound sand!
Immediate stay on appeal. After that, case thrown out by appeals court. Next, sue merchan, bragg, james, etc. for malicious and frivolous prosecution in the amount of $500M. Lastly remove them from their positions and disbar.
For starters.
I hope incoming head of the DOJ Pam Bondi makes investigating the judicial misconduct of Merchad, his daughter and Fat Alvin and do some lawfare on them.
Perhaps this is going to be the kindle to give the excuse of an uprising that would cause disruption of the inauguration of President Elect Trump and thus, by using the same crafty means that they used to steal the 2020 election, that is, a diversion and miscarriage of system of elections and laws (as Regitiger so aptly pointed out in his fine synopsis of the proceedings), in short, this is a smokescreen to have the actual, shall we say, discrepancy of our normal processes.
There is too much at stake for the criminals to allow President Elect Trump to be sworn into office.
Something is afoot.
I predicted this would happen when we started see the 92 charges filed. It was a preemptive strategy to not merely divide voters but to serve a reason for Kamala Harris to respond to motions on the floor to move to delay certification.
it’s coming…it will be a miracle if they don’t do that.
there will be no protests or pipebombs and no glowy agents inciting a riot this time.
they had judge merchan this time.
“president of the Senate, I rise to motion we vote to debate whether the recent sentencing and guilty verdict of candidate Donald Trump is ineligible to be certified and seated”
150 house members stand up, clap and say, we agree.
KOWmala takes the motion and a vote takes place to have done under the Speech and Debate Clause. The vote is successful. 100 “witnesses” testify before the house explaining that the SCOTUS ruling makes it clear his criminal status is not offical in nature. And thus, does not allow immunity. That the house is not a court room, but has the power to usurp an illegitimate candidate from certification. This goes back and forth and Mike Johnson (like Mike pence) sits there….even having been offered several ways to have house rules altered to prevent such misconduct in the house *I DID THAT 4 months ago…crickets from the freedom caucus…I supplied TEAM Trump with some ways to thwart this both politically and legally. the best I knew how.
my opinion is that Kamala and her ilk including the rinos will halt the certification…this will produce a constitutional crisis and require SCOTUS to get involved.
to make a long winded summationn short, SCOTUS will not be making a determination on where immunity exist here…it doesn’t…the alleged “crimes” were not official in nature. But what they will consider is precedent in this regard:
is the weight of the allegation AND THE SENTENCE FURNISHED of this alleged crime more important to deny a candidate from being seated, or not. Also, can the consequences of those non official alleged crimes be allowed to follow a candidate who won fairly and freely the national election…this is where a very narrow set of political and legal determinations will combine. Does the sentencing that FOLLOWED after the election was complete supercede the results. precedent points to no. this has never happened. precedent and history also shows and legal scholars tend to agree, that regard of the question of immunity, we would not want to have a President come into power with lingering criminal appeals hanging over his head…because the higher national priority exist with a smooth and peaceful transition of power and also stability and no doubts about the condition and status of the president and his power.
think of it this way: President Trump is certified, seated, but Judge Merchan invokes sentencing after that date of oath. Then what? is the President Protected? it’s new area. never happened before. These are felonies too (yes, I know they aren’t but legally the corrupt bragg devised these misdemeanor accounting mistakes as felonies). So as a convicted felon, with sentencing that Merchan could possibly delay UNTIL AFTER HE IS SEATED, then what?
this is the kind of problem that SCOTUS will have to at least entertain. We have provided some ways to conduct the SCOTUS BRIEF about these matters. There are so many of us involved in this effort to get out in front of these issues. We recognized what we failed to address over the last few years. LAWFARE is a network of co-conspirators who have an almost endless means to defraud the election. We prayed about it and then went to work to learn how best to stop them at every turn we could imagine. I depend on the kind of work I have done in a time when I had to realize how corrupt people and criminal behave. How criminal organizations operate. Once you have this experience and understand that part of the problem is not allowing yourself to imagine what they will do and will likely do, it changes you. You get called conspiracy nut, but the people you work with who have the same experience do not. They know like you, what the enemy is capable of…you have to cover your bases and extend yourself to plan for the strangest possible circumstances…..to know your enemy is the first step in defeating them.
God Bless America
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There must be some sort of reckoning for Judge Merchan (who made more judicial errors in this case that I thought possible), Bragg, Hochul and the rest of the Trump deranged Leftists who invented this case…..
That hot dog anti-Constitutionalist will live to regret this stupidity. Next subject.
This JUDICIAL CORRUPTION, violations of civil and criminal law, malicious prosecution and abuse of power are EXTRAORDINARY! The American judicial system must develop rules, procedures and laws to remove immunity and PROSECUTE ROGUE JUDGES, DAs, PROSECUTORS and lawyers who have turned LAWFARE into acceptable behavior.
Comrade Juan judge really wants one of those presidential freedom medals Joes handing out like Cracker Jack prizes and are currently bidding for $1.99 on eBay .