Judge Merchan Chews Up 7 Minutes Bemoaning That Trump's Election Win Prevents Him From Imposing Harsher Sentence

Jan 10, 2025 View Original Article
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55% : [Trump] once occupied, and which you will soon occupy again," Merchan told the president-elect.
42% : The legal protections, especially within the context of a criminal prosecution, afforded to the office of the president have been laid out by our founders, the Constitution and most recently interpreted by the United States Supreme Court in the matter of Trump versus the United States, which was decided on July 1, 2024.""As with every other defendant in your position, it is my obligation to consider any and all aggravating and mitigating factors to inform my decision ...
36% : During the hearing, Merchan stated that the alleged "extraordinary" legal protections handed to the president of the United States required him to hand down a minor sentence that Trump would allegedly not have received without being reelected.
34% : "A Manhattan jury convicted Trump of 34 felony counts in May for falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 non-disclosure agreement to former porn actress Stormy Daniels, who alleged ahead of the 2016 election that the two had an affair in 2006.
32% : "Merchan sentenced Trump to an unconditional discharge, which grants the president-elect with no fines, jail or probation time while formalizing his status as a convicted felon.
30% : Trump, who spoke during the hearing, told the courtroom that he was "totally innocent" and treated "very unfairly" throughout the legal case brought forth by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
20% : He further noted that Trump's upcoming entry into the Oval Office does not grant him a dismissal of a jury verdict, and claimed that Trump has received "far-reaching protections" that would never be granted to an "ordinary" defendant.
3% : "It is clear from legal precedent ... that Donald Trump, the ordinary citizen [and] Donald Trump, the criminal defendant, would not be entitled to such considerable protections," Merchan said.

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