Former President Donald Trump railed against Judge Juan Merchan as „conflicted“ after Michael Cohen wrapped his first day of testimony in the NY v. Trump case.
Former President Donald Trump slammed Judge Juan Merchan as „highly conflicted“ after Michael Cohen wrapped up his first day of witness testimony in the New York v. Trump trial Monday.
„We have a corrupt judge, and we have a judge who is highly conflicted, and he’s keeping me from campaigning,“ Trump said outside of the courtroom. „He’s an appointed New York judge. He’s appointed. You know who appointed him? Democrat politicians. He’s appointed. He’s a corrupt judge and he’s a conflicted judge. And he ought to let us go out and campaign and get rid of this scam.“
„This day is truly going to go down as a day of infamy for the New York legal system, which… the whole world is laughing now at the New York weaponized legal system,“ Trump added.
Trump has repeatedly slammed Merchan as „conflicted“ and politically biased, including railing against him on Truth Social ahead of the trial, when he called on the judge to recuse himself, citing Merchan’s daughter and her work as a political consultant for Democratic politicians.
Fox News Digital reached out to the New York state court system for comment.
„Judge Juan Merchan, who is suffering from an acute case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (whose daughter represents Crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, and other Radical Liberals, has just posted a picture of me behind bars, her obvious goal, and makes it completely impossible for me to get a fair trial) has now issued another illegal, un-American, unConstitutional ‘order,’ as he continues to try and take away my Rights,“ Trump posted on Truth Social in March after he was given a gag order limiting what he could publicly say about the case.
