{"id":2255208,"date":"2024-05-29T16:16:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T20:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-goes-off-on-corrupt-judge-merchan-as-verdict-nears-says-even-mother-teresa-couldnt-beat-charges\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T16:18:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T20:18:39","slug":"watch-trump-goes-off-on-corrupt-judge-merchan-as-verdict-nears-says-even-mother-teresa-couldnt-beat-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-goes-off-on-corrupt-judge-merchan-as-verdict-nears-says-even-mother-teresa-couldnt-beat-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Trump Criticizes &#8216;Corrupt&#8217; Judge Merchan Before Verdict, Claims Charges Unbeatable"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-trump-goes-off-on-corrupt-judge-merchan-as-verdict-nears-says-even-mother-teresa-couldnt-beat-charges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2255208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Allison Anton&#8217;s commentary on May 29, 2024, discusses\u200b the biased handling of Donald \u200bTrump&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-to-shield-financial-records\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid To Shield Financial Records\">hush money<\/a>&#8221; \u2064trial by \u2063Judge Juan Merchan. Trump criticizes the judge&#8217;s\u2064 alleged corruption and displays deep frustration at the court proceedings. Legal experts question the \u2064validity\u2064 of the trial, suggesting\u200b political persecution. The Democrats&#8217; relentless legal pursuits against Trump are \u2062seen \u200bas transparent attempts to \u2062hinder his influence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 29, 2024 at 12:29pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>As jury deliberations began for Donald Trump\u2019s \u201chush money\u201d trial, yet another legally dubious case in which no actual wrongdoing seemed to have occurred, the man of the hour had some choice words for his biased judge.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Juan Merchan, the judge presiding over this trial, has had no qualms about displaying that bias for the world to see.<\/p>\n<p>He first placed a gag order on the former president, then allowed the salacious (and unnecessary) testimony of Stormy Daniels, before dressing down one of the defense\u2019s witnesses for the crime of raising his eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan, who was himself a Biden donor and whose daughter has worked with high-profile Democrats like Adam Schiff, has seemingly done everything in his power to guarantee a Trump conviction.<\/p>\n<p>So much so that, as seen in clip shared to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, Trump decided to air his grievances about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-merchan-clears-courtroom-can-scold-trump-defense-teams-star-witness-nobodys-ever-seen-anything-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merchan\u2019s<\/a> obvious bias for the reporters congregated outside the courtroom on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Former President Trump: \u201cMother Teresa could not beat these charges. These charges are rigged. The whole thing is rigged. The whole country\u2019s a mess between the borders and fake elections and you have a trial like this\u2026\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pfHWUSkWx9\">pic.twitter.com\/pfHWUSkWx9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1795847409433555154?\">May 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump began, \u201cI will say, in listening to the charges, from the judge, who is, as you know, very conflicted, and corrupt, because of the confliction, very, very corrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Resuming his train of thought, he said, \u201cMother Teresa could not beat these charges. These charges are rigged. The whole thing is rigged. The whole country\u2019s a mess between the borders and fake elections and a trial like this, where the judge is so conflicted he can\u2019t breathe \u2014 he\u2019s got to do his job.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Did Judge Merchan act fairly in this trial?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump then concluded, somberly, \u201cthough not for me, that I can tell you. It\u2019s a disgrace, and I mean that, Mother Teresa could not beat those charges, but we\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll see how we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though Trump has always had a tendency to indulge in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-goes-nuclear-epic-fail-rihanna-halftime-show-single-worst-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hyperbolic rhetoric<\/a>, in this case, what he said here was unfortunately all too accurate.<\/p>\n<p>Many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asian-american-activists-blast-bidens-pandering-anti-racism-order\/\" title=\"Asian-American Activists Blast Biden\u2019s \u2018Pandering\u2019 Anti-Racism Order\">legal experts<\/a> on both sides of the political divide have called this case legally dubious.<\/p>\n<p>Even one of the prosecution\u2019s star witnesses, former Trump lawyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/huge-michael-cohen-admits-stealing-thousands-trump-testimony-hush-money-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Cohen<\/a>, admitting to stealing thousands from the Trump Organization, an objectively worse crime than the one Trump was on trial for.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign holding their disastrous news conference on Tuesday, right outside the Manhattan courthouse during the closing arguments for Trump\u2019s trial, all but confirmed these trials have been legal persecutions on the part of the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>As Trump said on his Truth Social platform, the attempt to pursue him legally has been overall \u201cpathetic and sad,\u201d like anti-Trump actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-car-alarm-derails-robert-de-niros-anti-trump-speech-front-courthouse-will-never-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert De Niro\u2019s<\/a> hysterical speech at that news conference.<\/p>\n<p>And why, aside from general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/msnbc-lawyer-worried-two-trump-jurors-might-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump Derangement Syndrome<\/a>, have the Democrats been relentlessly pursuing Trump via these flimsy lawsuits?<\/p>\n<p>Because, as Trump demonstrated during his first term, he has the ability to stop the collapse of America.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sign-times-us-civil-war-likely-soon-chilling-percentage-americans-say-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a>, who on the whole have seemed dead-set on ensuring the exact opposite, have therefore been trying to use the law against Trump and get him out of the picture.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was absolutely right in his statements outside the courtroom Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He is being attacked by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-democrats-denial-crushed-trump-polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> and abused by lawfare.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Trump, these lawfare efforts have been so transparent that support for Trump overall has actually increased.<\/p>\n<p>As frustrating as these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/powerful-anti-trump-media-figures-exposed-holding-secret-weekly-meetings-coordinate-legal-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flimsy legal cases<\/a> might be right now, they might just be what helps Trump clinch the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45810\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45810\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45810\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45810\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Allison Anton dabbles in fiction, as well as commenting on depressing modern trends and media. She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allison Anton&#8217;s commentary on May 29, 2024, at 12:29 pm, highlighted Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;hush money&#8221; trial as lacking substance. 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