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He's a mean, nasty guy,
Trump said, referring to Smith's prior assignment prosecuting war crimes at the Hague I don't know her – and never met her until the case – and I don't believe I said even one word to her,
I can't even talk about aspects of the case that are the most vital aspects,
Trump, 78, complained at Mar-a-Lago at an event There's no time. Delay is Trump's friend yet again. I mean, that's been true in every single matter on every single issue and on every single case,
This is such an elegant argument that the judge is making, in essence, putting it on Trump, saying you misled the court. To come in now and ask to stop sentencing is disingenuous."
Joyce Vance, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama during the Barack Obama administration, on Cafe Insider The predicament that Trump finds himself in is of his own making. Again and again, Trump engages in this argument that something is unfair when he's the cause of the delay in the first place."
Preet Bharara on Cafe Insider Virtually every legal scholar and pundit says there is no (ZERO!) case against me. The judge fabricated the facts, and the law, no different than the other New York judicial and prosecutorial witch hunts. The legal system is broken, and businesses can't take a chance on getting caught up in this quicksand. It's all rigged in this case against a political opponent, ME!!!"
President-elect Donald Trump, on Truth Social, on January 5 President Trump’s legal team filed an emergency petition with the United States Supreme Court, asking the Court to correct the unjust actions by New York courts and stop the unlawful sentencing in the Manhattan D.A.’s Witch Hunt,
Trump spokesman and incoming White House communications director Steven Cheung said Forcing President Trump to prepare for a criminal sentencing in a felony case while he is preparing to lead the free world as President of the United States in less than two weeks imposes an intolerable, unconstitutional burden on him that undermines these vital national interests,
Trump's attorneys wrote in their emergency petition We will respond in court papers.”
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office prosecuted the case against Trump, said President Trump is currently engaged in the most crucial and sensitive tasks of preparing to assume the Executive Power in less than two weeks, all of which are essential to the United States’ national security and vital interests,
wrote Sauer, his pick for solicitor general, and Blanche, whom he tapped to be deputy attorney general The Supreme Court's historic decision on Immunity, the Constitution, and established legal precedent mandate that this meritless hoax be immediately dismissed,
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement This Court should enter an immediate stay of further proceedings in the New York trial court to prevent grave injustice and harm to the institution of the Presidency and the operations of the federal government,
Trump's lawyers wrote in the new filing We look forward to uniting our country in the new administration as President Trump makes America great again."
[We ... We’re] going to get rid of a bunch of restrictions on topics like immigration and gender that are just out of touch with mainstream discourse. What started as a movement to be more inclusive has increasingly been used to shut down opinions and shut out people with different ideas. And it’s gone too far,
The fact checkers have just been too politically biased, and they’ve destroyed more trust than they’ve created, especially in the U.S.,
said Zuckerberg in a video statement, echoing long standing Republican complaints about the fact checking industry There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States. Workers in communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner.”
In an afternoon post on X, Trudeau wrote We’re going to put very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada,
Trump said during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort, a little less than two weeks before he is sworn into office for a second term as president I’m not gonna commit to that. No. It might be that you’ll have to do something.”
Asked if he would rule out economic or military coercion to gain control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, Trump said But you've got some folks, and of course, they'll say stuff about the judge, they’ll say it was politicized, and all you’re doing is giving them fodder and adding to the point, and that is what annoys me,
