President-elect Trump on Sunday slammed a “corrupt” and “broken” legal system ahead of a Jan. 10 sentencing date in a hush-money case in New York.
in real social posts Mediaite emphasized, the president-elect said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) “didn't want this frivolous lawsuit against me.”
“He was furious at the way it was handled, and he was particularly furious at the behavior and conduct of Mark Pomerantz,” Trump added.
Pomerantz, a former Manhattan district attorney who worked on the agency's investigation into hush-money payments from Trump, said Bragg has enough evidence to convict Trump in 2022.
“Ultimately, the Biden/Harris Justice Department forced Bragg to make something up to embarrass Trump. But what a corrupt and completely contradictory political hack judge did in this sham trial; What we are doing now is even more so,” Trump said in a post Sunday. “I still have an unconstitutional gag order that prohibits me from speaking about highly disqualifying conflicts of interest for judges. In fact, legal scholars and commentators are saying there are zero (zero!) cases against me. Masu.”
“The judge fabricated the facts and the law. This is no different from other New York judicial and prosecutorial witch hunts,” he added. “That's why companies are fleeing New York, taking millions of jobs and billions of dollars in taxes with them. The legal system is broken, and companies can't stand a chance of getting caught in this quicksand. It's all set up, in this case against my political enemy!
Last week, Judge Juan Melchán ordered a criminal sentencing in President Trump's hush money case next Friday, denying the president-elect's request to dismiss the case because of the convenience of his post-election victory.
President Trump expressed his frustration on Truth Social on Friday after Marchand set a sentencing date for next week.
“This illegal political attack is nothing but a dishonest show. “Acting” Judge Marchan, a radical partisan, has just issued a new order that violates the Constitution despite knowing it to be illegal, and if he is not allowed to remain in office. If allowed, it will spell the end of the presidency as we know it,” Trump said on social media. .
The Hill has reached out to Pomerantz's legal services organization, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, the Office of Communications of the New York State Unified Court System, and the Department of Justice for comment.
