Judge Juan Merchán can “save his reputation” if he dismisses the NY v. Trump, former President Donald Trump said Wednesday in remarks outside the Manhattan courtroom.
“The confusion is that no one knows what the crime is because there is no crime. No one knows what the crime is. The district attorney didn’t name the current crime. They don’t know what the crime is. That’s the problem. It’s a shame “This should end immediately. The judge should put an end to it and save his reputation,” Trump said Wednesday night.
Trump’s comments came after jury deliberations began Wednesday.
Since those deliberations began, the jury sent two notes to Merchan, including a request to hear his instructions again. In New York criminal cases, jurors cannot receive copies of jury instructions or witness transcripts.
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Former President Donald Trump attends his criminal trial in New York State Supreme Court on Wednesday. (Doug Mills/Pool via Reuters)
Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records. Prosecutors worked to show that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to silence her claims of an alleged affair with Trump in 2006.
“The judge, who, as you know, is very conflicted and corrupt. Because of the conflict, very, very corrupt. Mother Teresa couldn’t beat these charges. These charges are rigged. Everything is rigged,” Trump said Wednesday night . tomorrow when jury deliberations began.
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Judge Juan Merchán poses in his office in New York on March 14. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
“The whole country is a mess, between borders and fake elections, and you have a trial like this where the judge is so conflicted that he can’t breathe. He has to do his job… it’s a shame. And I want to say that , Mother Teresa could not win those charges. But we’ll see. We’ll see how we do.”
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Trump has repeatedly called on Merchan to recuse himself and dismiss the case, including last week when he said Merchan could “regain respect” by dismissing the case.
In this courtroom sketch, former President Donald Trump looks on during his trial in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 26. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
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“This case should be dropped by the judge. I think the judge, if he did, that… might regain respect. The appeals court has to step in, something has to happen. Think about it, the Republican Party, one of the The two major parties nominate someone to be their candidate and that candidate has been sitting here for almost five weeks in a freezing cold refrigerator listening to this stuff,” Trump said on May 20.
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The hearing will continue Thursday at 9:30 a.m., when Merchan will again give instructions to the jury, followed by the jury resuming deliberations.
