Maddow Blog | Ahead of sentencing, Trump lashes out at judge and justice system

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : On Friday, after Merchan advanced the process, Trump began publishing a series of online tantrums, the first of which condemned the matter as "a nonexistent case," an "illegitimate political attack" and "a Rigged Charade."
26% : He did, however, manage to avoid the embarrassment: After vowing to never settle the case out of court, Trump agreed to an out-of-court settlement in the fraud case.
26% : The Republican also condemned "corrupt Democrat [sic] judges and prosecutors," the "evil and sinister" special counsel, President Joe Biden, and the "CORRUPT DOJ and FBI," culminating in yet another online missive in which Trump peddled odd conspiracy theories, called Merchan a "HACK," condemned his trial as a "sham," accused the judge in the case of having "fabricated the facts.
24% : It's been roughly six months since a jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of the Republican's hush money scandal.
20% : While most criminal defendants at least pretend to show some contrition ahead of sentencing, Trump lashed out at Merchan as "a radical partisan," who's engaged in "unlawful" misconduct.
19% : "If Trump is hoping that Merchan will see all of this and throw out the jury's verdict, I have some bad news for the president-elect.

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