According to recent reports, former President Donald Trump is set to sue New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan in an appeals court, challenging a gag order that was placed on him in the Manhattan criminal case regarding Trump’s hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Merchan, who presides over the criminal case, imposed a gag order on the GOP presidential candidate after reports began circulating about a possible connection between Merchan’s daughter and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).
Trump voiced his opinion that Merchan should recuse himself from the case, claiming a potential conflict of interest given that the judge’s daughter holds a position with a Democrat consulting firm that backed Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Reports indicate that the lawsuit could postpone the case brought against Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Breitbart News reported that the gag order would prevent Trump from making public statements regarding witnesses involved in the trial, counsel other than District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and “members of the court’s staff and the District Attorney’s staff, or … the family members of any counsel or staff member, if those statements are made with the intent to materially interfere with … counsel’s or staff’s work” on the case.
Trump posted a lengthy message on Truth Social slamming the gag order, asserting that Judge Merchan is afflicted with an “acute case” of Trump Derangement Syndrome. The former president continued to claim that the gag order violated his constitutional rights, proving that the legal system had been weaponized against him.
Trump wrote on his social media platform, “Judge Juan Merchan, who is suffering from an acute case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (whose daughter represents Crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Adam “Shifty” Schiff, and other Radical Liberals, has just posted a picture of me behind bars, her obvious goal, and makes it completely impossible for me to get a fair trial) has now issued another illegal, un-American, unConstitutional “order,” as he continues to try and take away my Rights. This Judge, by issuing a vicious “Gag Order,” is wrongfully attempting to deprive me of my First Amendment Right to speak out against the Weaponization of Law Enforcement, including the fact that Crooked Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, and their Hacks and Thugs are tracking and following me all across the Country, obsessively trying to persecute me, while everyone knows I have done nothing wrong!”
Trump posted another message on Truth Social labeling Merchan as a “partisan hack” for allegedly depriving him of his First Amendment rights. He added that he would “gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela” in order to save America.
Trump stated, “Now, we have Merchan, who is not allowing me to talk, thereby violating the Law and the Constitution, all at once. It is so bad what he is trying to get away with – How was he even chosen for this case??? I heard he fought like hell to get it, and all of the rest of them also! If this Partisan Hack wants to put me in the “clink” for speaking the open and obvious TRUTH, I will gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela – It will be my GREAT HONOR. We have to Save our Country from these Political Operatives masquerading as Prosecutors and Judges, and I am willing to sacrifice my Freedom for that worthy cause. We are a Failing Nation, but on November 5th, we will become a Great Nation again. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
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