Donald Trump accuses judge of bias, says case against him politically motivated

Donald Trump accuses judge of bias, says case against him politically motivated

 Former United States President Donald Trump has accused Juan
Merchan, the presiding judge in his prosecution, of being biased.

 

Trump was arrested on Tuesday and was temporarily in police
custody ahead of his arraignment.

 

In an indictment sheet released by Alvin Bragg, Manhattan
district attorney, the former president was charged with 34 counts of
falsifying business records in the first degree.

 

Bragg said the main accusation against Trump is that he
“repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal
criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during
the 2016 presidential election”.

 

He said Trump and others involved in the scheme “violated
election laws and made and caused false entries in the business records of
various entities in New York” after identifying and suppressing harmful stories
about him from going public before the election.

 

The sheet adds that Trump and his allies “also took steps
that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the payments”.

 

Trump pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts.

 

Delivering his first public remarks on the case at
Mar-a-Lago, Florida, the former president said he is a victim of a Democratic
Party conspiracy to jeopardise his presidential election bid.

 

“We are a nation in decline, and now these radical left
lunatics want to interfere in elections by using law enforcement. We can’t let
that happen,” he said.

 

“They can’t beat us at the ballot box, so they try to beat
us through the law.”

 

Trump maintained his claims of innocence and accused the
judge of bias, describing him as a “Trump-hating judge from a Trump-hating
family”.

 

He accused the DA of falsifying information and called for
his prosecution.

 

According to Trump, the only crime he has committed “is to
fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it”.

 

“With all of this being said, and with a very dark cloud
over our beloved country, I have no doubt nevertheless we will make America
great again,” Trump said.

 

Trump’s team will have until August to file any motions
against the case. The next court hearing is set for December, a few months
before the Republican political campaigns begin.

 

Source: Donald Trump accuses judge of bias, says case against him politically motivated

 - NigerianEye

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