Posted on 05/23/2023 1:28:28 PM PDT by DFG
Donald Trump threw his hands in the air in fury during a virtual appearance in a Manhattan court on Tuesday as a judge scheduled the Stormy Daniels 'hush money' criminal trial for March 25, 2024.
It means the former president will be in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks in the middle of the Republican primaries and just months before the presidential election.
The court day lies just weeks after the 'Super Tuesday' primaries set for March 5, and days after Florida's March 19 contest that will pit Trump against Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Trump, 76, scowled into the camera during a Zoom appearance as Judge Juan Merchan told him to cancel all commitments during the trial and put a protective order in place banning him from sharing evidence in public.
He made the appearance as it was revealed his main rival in the GOP race, DeSantis, would formally announce he is running for President in a Twitter Spaces on Wednesday night.
A visibly-irritated Trump, wearing a blue suit against a backdrop of American flags at his Mar-a-Lago estate, turned to his lawyer during the appearance
'President Trump is running for President of the United States and is the leading contender,' his attorney Todd Blanche told the judge. 'He is very much concerned that his 1st Amendment rights are being violated.'
The charges are related to a $30,000 payoff to a doorman trying to sell information about a child that Trump allegedly fathered out of wedlock; $150,000 to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, and a $130,000 payment to Daniels.
Trump had pleaded not guilty last month to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records at his family company, the Trump Organization.
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We know Trump was criminally set up and framed, we know top officials in these government agencies were criminally undermining and attacking Trump and his associates, 24/7 for 7 years, and then attempted to destabilize and overthrow his administration. And ALL this totally influenced the last election. We know all this.
And DeSantis’ response to these high crimes and treason against Trump is to run AGAINST Trump?
Tell me, whose side does it appear DeSantis is on?
He should have smiled, clapped his hands together, and said “splendid,” when the announcement was made. His numbers go up every time they try to stop him. I think the timing is perfect for him.
100%.
You must live in Kansas or Indiana where it’s so red that no fool would attempt election fraud. I’m from AZ and we watched it unfold before our very eyes in 2020 and 2022. Go back under your rock and leave the discussion to the experts.
And this judge shouldn’t recuse himself immediately?
There is no question that Trump was on the receiving end of despicable behavior by the FBI, DOJ and especially by the mainstream media. In spite of that mistreatment, he was able to achieve some great outcomes (tax cut, Supreme Court justices, energy independence, etc.).
As a pragmatist, I am most interested in ousting the current occupants of the White House. The way events have evolved, I am convinced Trump could not pull together a coalition that could achieve an electoral victory. His daily rants against one of the most successful (and conservative) governors has been despicable. This is not 2016. Trump must find some way to appeal to moderates and independents. With his current behavior pattern, I don’t see that happening.
We need an Electable Conservative on the ballot.
Clearly, DeSantis is not a threat to the Deep State, or else he would be getting dragged through the commie courts.
Trump is the only electable candidate, and the only one who IS a threat to the Deep State.
Derps can whine all they wish.
Why did you evade the question?
No Big Deal!
Very soon in protest, we can be sure that hundreds-of-thousands of enraged American patriots will be assembled on the National Mall, and millions more assembled in cities & towns across the United States ...
The communist rape of America will be brought to a screaming halt...
Snicker...
This scumbag judge deserves the old English Traitors death.
Fool! They will do the same to Desantis.
I do not think the GOP is going to allow Trump to run in their primaries.
This is another tactic by the criminals running (and ruining) our country to keep President Trump from winning his third consecutive presidential victory. The Uniparty apparatchiks don’t give a damn who wins in 2024 as long as it’s not President Trump. They’re all scared sh*tless he would expose their criminality and have them locked up for treason!
I suppose DeSantis will reveal his rationale for running during his announcement speech. Some press coverage a few days ago quoted him as saying that Trump could not win back the swing states in a general election, whereas he believes he could.
Difference is, love him or hate him, DJT brings people to the table, as a populist, that RDS will never get.
most of the younger crowd these days I deal with are either full on retard leftists, or social libertarians/fiscally conservative. and an alarming chunk just don’t care.
Let the leftists brainwash 2-3 generations of kids and then be shocked when they don’t hold traditional American values and morals.
They need their asses introduced to the working end of the gallows...
Compromised judges were a primary catalyst for the American Revolution.
Hello babble-bot, still programmed for stupid I see.
beep beep.
“Electable Conservative”
AKA a candidate the deep state and the left allows us to elect.
That ain’t winning, partner.
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