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President Trump speaks to the press Monday afternoon after the primary day of Stormy Daniels' 'hush cash' trial in Manhattan.
Jury choice received underway Monday morning for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's authorized case in opposition to Trump associated to 'hush funds' made to porn star Stormy Daniels.
After refusing to recuse himself from the case, Choose Juan Merchan threatened on Monday to place President Trump in jail if he didn’t present up for a listening to.
Merchen examine Trump's proper to be current in court docket in the course of the trial.
The choose instructed Trump that if he didn’t seem for the listening to with none legitimate motive, a warrant for his arrest can be issued.
President Trump requested the choose if he may go away the trial on Wednesday for his son Barron's commencement.
Choose Merchan mentioned the choice “actually relies on whether or not we're on time and the place we’re within the trial.”
President Trump spoke out after Choose Merchen threatened to ship him to jail if he didn’t seem in court docket.
President Trump: Some wonderful issues occurred to us at present.
As you realize, my son is graduating from highschool, and it appears the choose won’t let me attend the commencement of my son, who has labored so arduous. He is a superb pupil. We’re very proud that he carried out so properly. And he had been ready for this commencement together with his mom and father for years. It appears the choose won’t enable me to get away with this rip-off. It is a rip-off case.
In case you learn all of the authorized students, all of the authorized students at present, I don't see a single one who has mentioned that it is a case that ought to be introduced or prosecuted. It is a rip-off. It is a political witchcraft. It continues, it at all times continues. And we won’t be given a good trial. It is a very unhappy factor.
Additionally, as you realize, subsequent Thursday we will likely be at the USA Supreme Court docket for a really giant listening to on immunity. And that is one thing we have now been ready for for a very long time. After all, the choose received't allow us to.
He’s a really contradictory choose, and he won’t enable us to go that far. He received't enable me to go away right here for half a day, go to D.C. and go in entrance of the USA Supreme Court docket as a result of he thinks he's higher than the Supreme Court docket, I suppose. We now have an actual downside with this choose. We now have an actual downside with a whole lot of issues associated to this testing, together with the DA, since you go proper out and persons are being silenced and killed all day lengthy. He sits right here all day with 10 or 12 prosecutors, saying nothing, individuals who shouldn't be prosecuted.
I simply need to thanks a lot.
so horrible!
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BREAKING: Donald Trump speaks out after Choose Marchant informs him he can't attend his son Barron's highschool commencement or he'll be jailed. pic.twitter.com/exkZVQeGSS
– ALX (@alx) 15 April 2024