Trump sentencing: Legal experts warn New York v. Trump case will be remembered as ‘one of the worst’ in the world

Lawyers and legal experts have raised an outcry over New York Judge Juan Merchan’s sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump in New York v. Trump, saying the case will be remembered as One of the “worst” cases in history.

“I will tell you how this strikes me when you look back at cases in history, not just in the United States but around the world, that this will be viewed as one of the worst cases. This is will be regarded as one of those absolute events.

The silent review on Friday morning sentenced Trump to an unconditional release, meaning he will not face penalties such as fines or jail time.

“This is the end of the politicization of the justice system,” said Fox News contributor Leo Terrell. Senior Advisor to the Attorney General. Ministry of Justice in his upcoming administration.

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“In my opinion, Trump’s election victory essentially puts this case to rest. The attempt to taint President Trump with a scarlet felon will sooner or later be reversed. I tell you this with 35 years of experience, this case It shouldn’t have been tried at all, for one reason and I think very clearly, it failed.

Terrell added in an interview with Fox Digital that he is “eager to get into the Justice Department,” where he will be “actively involved in pursuing justice” surrounding the New York case and other cases against Trump.

“I will be involved in stopping anti-Semitism, stopping going after Catholic families, parents attending school board meetings, and abusing the legal system for political gain. So, I will be involved in any investigation and I hope I can be there 24/7 to expose All this nonsense,” he said, noting that documents and letters surrounding Trump’s case would be “exposed.”

Merchants stressed before the sentencing Friday that the court system was handling Trump’s case like every other criminal case.

“After careful analysis, the court determined that the only legal sentence allowing for a conviction is unconditional release,” Merchian said on Friday. “Currently, my sentence covers all 34 counts.”

Merchant added: “Sir, I wish you all the best in your second term in office.”

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Fox News contributor and attorney Trey Gordy stressed on Friday that if Trump’s case is handled the same way as other cases in New York, it shows that the state “has a lot of bad trials going on.”

“Court time is precious. It’s a precious resource. You shouldn’t waste a minute of it on a case that even the prosecutor agrees with. So, if Juan Melchan says how this case is handled It doesn’t make any difference, that just tells me there’s a lot of bad experiments going on in New York out there,” Gaudi said.

Legal scholar and Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley compared Murchin’s remarks about the similarities between Trump’s case and others in New York to Mary Shelley’s “Dr. Frankenstein.”

“Merchan seemed to defend himself and insisted that the case was no different from any other in New York. This was a case that was heard long after the jury had left the courthouse. It was like Dr. Frankenstein. That he believed he was like everyone else in tying this serious misdemeanor case to denying federal charges was anything but ordinary,” Turley said on the X.

Trump said in court before the verdict that the case was “a great embarrassment to the state of New York” and stressed that voters would “decisively” re-elect him to the White House in November.

Fox News legal editor Kerri Urbahn added Friday that when she walked into the courtroom, she noticed widespread support for Trump on the streets.

“The only protesters here are Trump supporters themselves. Even as I stand here right now, I look at a square and I look at people holding Trump flags and I look at someone holding a sign that says “We have voted that we no longer need this kind of law. ”

During Trump’s trial last spring, cameras were not allowed in the courtroom. However, at sentencing, Merchant agreed to allow the audio to be played, which Urban found odd.

“It’s worth noting that during the trial, there was no audio. There were no cameras, but for this particular sentencing, Judge Silk agreed there was audio. I can’t help but wonder if it was because he wanted the world to hear his voice in sentencing Donald Trump, because we couldn’t do this before,” she said on Fox News.

Earlier this month, Merchant set Trump’s sentencing for January 10, but was quickly met with multiple attempts to delay and block the sentencing. Merchant said before sentencing that he might not “sentence any prison sentence” to Trump but instead “release him unconditionally.”

Trump’s legal team appealed to the New York State Court of Appeals to prevent the verdict from proceeding. However, the court rejected his request. Trump also filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Supreme Court, saying it “immediately orders a stay of criminal proceedings pending in the Supreme Court of New York County, New York, pending the final resolution of President Trump’s interlocutory appeals raising the issue of presidential immunity,” as It is necessary, including in this court.

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Trump requested in the filing: “If necessary, the court shall also issue a temporary administrative stay while considering the request for a stay.”

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FILE – Judge Juan M. Murcha poses in a courtroom in New York on March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

The Supreme Court rejected the request. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh said they would grant Trump’s petition to delay sentencing, and the order recommended the chief justice Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett joined Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Kattanji in voting Brown Jackson to deny Trump’s request.

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The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) (AP Photo)

Trump has vowed to appeal the conviction, arguing that the evidence in the case is suggestive of his duties as president during his first term, after the Supreme Court ruled in July that former presidents have substance over official actions while in office. Immunity from prosecution, but not for unofficial conduct.

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“I will appeal this case and believe justice will be served. The poor, dying remnants of the witch hunt against me will not distract us as we unite to make America great again!” Thursday Shortly after the Supreme Court issued its order, Trump posted on Truth Social.

On May 7, 2024, former U.S. President Trump was tried in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on suspicion of covering up the payment of hush money. At the end of the day, he walked to address the media.

“Every legal scholar has made it clear that this is a case that should never have been brought. There is no case against me. In other words, I am innocent of all the false accusations made up by the judge. This is nothing more than taking our justice The weaponization of a system against a political opponent, known as “the law,” has never happened in the United States and should never be allowed to happen again, the highly politicized and corrupt judge said. The gag order deprives me of my First Amendment rights to speak about very important aspects of this case,” his post added.

Trump was discovered Convicted of 34 counts of forgery Business records in May Manhattan case. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office works to prove that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. to quell her accusations of an affair with Trump in 2006.

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Trump has maintained his innocence in the case and has repeatedly accused it of being an example of Democrats pushing the law to hurt his election efforts before November.

Fox News’ Brooke Singleman and David Spunt contributed to this report.