Former President Donald Trump is suggesting the judge in his hush money trial is making money off the case.
In a post on Truth Social Tuesday morning Trump took aim at Judge Juan Merchan, writing, “Virtually every Legal Analyst and Scholar said yesterday, at the end of the day, THAT THERE IS NO CASE, AND THAT THIS WITCH HUNT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BROUGHT, AND SHOULD BE THROWN OUT NOW!!! WHY WASN’T THIS HOAX BROUGHT SEVEN YEARS AGO, INSTEAD OF IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WINNING CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT — ELECTION INTERFERENCE.”
“The problem is that this Judge, Merchan, is TOTALLY COMPROMISED, CONFLICTED, AND CORRUPT, MAKING BIG MONEY OFF OF THIS SCAM AND ITS OUTCOME,” he claimed without providing evidence.
Trump added, “He can’t render a fair decision, too much is at stake for him and the Democrats. The Appellate Division should remove him immediately!”
Virtually every Legal Analyst and Scholar said yesterday, at the end of the day, THAT THERE IS NO CASE, AND THAT THIS WITCH HUNT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BROUGHT, AND SHOULD BE THROWN OUT NOW!!! WHY WASN’T THIS HOAX BROUGHT SEVEN YEARS AGO, INSTEAD OF IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WINNING…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) May 14, 2024
Merchan is overseeing the case brought the Manhattan district attorney regarding hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
It was not clear why the former president believes the judge is “making big money” off of the trial.
However, Trump has previously attacked Merchan, calling him “a Corrupt and Highly Conflicted Judge that you will be PUT IN PRISON, maybe for a long period of time.”
Merchan has fined Trump repeatedly for violating a gag order.
And he has threatened to put the former president in jail if he continued to violate the gag order
