This matter is one that stands alone, in a unique place in this Nation's history, and this Court has presided over it since its inception,
There is no good reason to postpone Trump's sentencing any further. He won't be sent straight to prison and will be allowed to appeal the ruling right away, so there is no threat of irreparable harm. Trump can still appeal the decision like any other defendant. At some point, equal justice under the law has to mean something."
The election has grown in considerable importance in terms of this sentencing, but keep in mind whatever Merchan does it doesn't change what he previously did in this case. I think he has committed layers of reversible error. I think there was evidence at his trial that the Supreme Court would view as privileged and should not have been before the jury,
I was in his courtroom everyday for the trial & he's a great judge. He just got this wrong,
Re Judge Merchan: people need to realize that by putting the sentencing off (for now) Merchan has kept the [Supreme Court's] hands off the verdict pre election,
Trump has already benefitted from extraordinary special treatment,
And so the folks saying this is a big win for Trump are missing that this has significant downsides too for him, as the criminal verdict is alive and well without political interference pre-election,
Kamala Harris and the communist left have unleashed a brutal plague of bloodshed, crime, chaos, misery, and death upon our land,
There has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump."
This case should be rightfully terminated."
We need to turn the page on this Trump era."
I never met her. I never touched her,
It is DOJ policy that the Department of Justice should not take any action that will influence an election within 60 days of that election – but they just have taken such action,
No Department policy contains a specific prohibition on overt investigative steps within a particular period before an election.”
And I also agree with the notion...that if he [Merchan] had gone forward with this, it would have, ironically enough, served the interest of Donald Trump."
Well, first of all, it's a reasonable decision. I think that even the judge figured out that it would be enormously disruptive to the country and reflect badly on the judiciary if he attempted to insert himself into the middle of the final stages of a presidential campaign."
I don't agree with Karl Rove because up to this point, trials and convictions have not changed poll numbers. Trump supporters have already indicated in polling that even if Trump went to prison, they would still vote for him. So a prison sentence would not have changed the fundamental behavior of the Trump voters."
It is a political attack against me by Comrade Kamala Harris and other Radical Left Opponents for purposes of Election Interference, and is a case that should have never been brought,
I greatly appreciate the words 'if necessary' being utilized in the Decision, because there should be no 'if necessary,
The public's confidence in the integrity of our judicial system demands a sentencing hearing that is entirely focused on the verdict of the jury and the weighing of aggravating and mitigating factors free from distraction or distortion,