New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan is moving America toward a constitutional crisis.
Judge Juan Merchan presides over Donald Trump’s trial in Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in New York. A state-appointed judge is repeatedly threatening to jail a former president of the United States — the nominee of a major party and the front-runner to become the next president.
Wrapping himself in piety, Mr. Merchan continued: “The last thing I want to do is put you in jail. You are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well. There are many reasons why incarceration is truly a last resort for me.” It never occurred to President John Quincy Adams, Adams’ son, that he could imprison Andrew Jackson — even though the latter spent four years attacking John Quincy Adams in often vicious and hostile ways.
New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg ran for office promising he would prosecute Mr. Trump. His campaign speeches reflected the view of Stalin’s former KGB chief Lavrentiy Beria: “You show me the man, and I will show you the crime.” First, this is unbelievably dangerous to Mr. Trump. Consider the violent and sometimes deranged people locked up in New York jails. How could any decent citizen consider placing a former president of the United States in that kind of danger?The White House sent Matthew Coleangelo, the No. 3 attorney in the Justice Department, to lead the prosecution of Mr. Trump. This made perfect sense because Mr. Coleangelo had worked as a political consultant for the Democratic National Committee in 2018.
As George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley explained on Fox News’ “America Reports,” the so-called hush-money case has no legal legs on which to stand. The statute of limitations on the allegations that Mr. Trump lied on business records has passed. Further, the federal government declined to prosecute allegations that Mr. Trump was illegally attempting to influence the election. So, this is a trial for a crime that doesn’t exist.
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