Sheindlin sparked controversy in a recent interview when she dismissed the Manhattan district attorney’s case against Trump as « nonsense. »
Television personality Judge Judy Sheindlin has ignited controversy on social media with her recent comments about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial.
In an interview with CNN’s Chris Wallace for his series Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?, Sheindlin, a former family court judge who moved into television in 1996 where her hit courtroom show Judge Judy ran for 25 seasons, offered a critique of Bragg’s prosecution of Trump, while also sharing her thoughts on Trump’s presidency.
Sheindlin, known for her sharp-tongued judgments on her courtroom show, didn’t hold back when discussing the charges brought against Trump by Bragg’s office. She dismissed the case as « nonsense », a statement that has since drawn criticism from Trump’s detractors.
« I would be happier, as someone who owns property in Manhattan, if the district attorney of New York County would take care of criminals who were making it impossible for citizens to walk in the streets and use the subway, to use his efforts to keep those people off the street, than to spend $5 million or $10 million of taxpayers’ money trying Donald Trump on this nonsense », Sheindlin told Wallace.
