A major development was announced in Donald Trump’s New York criminal case this morning, and Legal AF host Michael Popok is providing the latest updates and his expert legal analysis in his latest hot take on the MeidasTouch Network. The presiding judge, Justice Juan Merchan, has granted an emergency stay, halting immediate proceedings and delaying the much-anticipated sentencing originally set for November 26. The decision follows a request from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, which cited the “unprecedented circumstances” of Trump’s potential return to the White House and the constitutional complexities this situation presents.
Popok explains that Judge Merchan was initially expected to rule on Trump’s claim for immunity concerning activities dating back to 2016. The immunity ruling could have provided clarity on whether Trump could face sentencing while preparing for a presidential transition. However, with Trump now president-elect, the Manhattan DA's office acknowledged that a review of the case was essential, as it raises new questions about presidential immunity.
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So he gets away with everything! Fuck this! Fuck lawyers! Fuck everyone.
Once the misogynist anti semetic racist idiots voted their furher in to power then he was granted total control and allowed to continue to break laws
Judge Merchan should have sentenced him in September when it was initially scheduled. His fear of impacting the election may have destroyed this country. There were people who didn't know he was convicted because certain media outlets didn't report on it. Had he been sentenced, they probably would have had to report it.
If the Great American Experiment fails this time around, Judge Merchan will be on the long list of those who could have done something within their purview and failed to stop trump because they were afraid of how it would look.
He has impacted the election by removing all legal penaties from trump's path.
This criminal will never be held accountable. How can you expect a criminal to drain the "swamp" when he is one.
In the interest of justice? Really? Justice is truly dead in the U.S. It would seem everything is still legal AF for oligarchs... as has been for most of history. Greatness? Nope. Fresh out. Check again in 100 years.
I have never seen anything like this clown. He will never be held accountable for anything, ever! I just can't.
I can’t stand any information about this orange clown. I. Just. Can’t. I have decided to just not participate in this traitorous country anymore. I shall ignore everything that happens for the next two years and peek out from under my rock for mid-terms. Then, as I can’t listen to his voice, crawl back under. I’m ashamed of America. I’m scared for America. I am TERRIFIED to lose my Medicare because I know it will mean a slow painful end to my life. So maybe I will be over before mid-terms, let alone the next general election.
There won’t be an America in 2-4 years.
We are afraid of losing or Medicare and Medicaid. If I can't get my diabetes supplies, that will be the end of me. If i'm going out, I will do it my own way and not by government overreach.
Same here Donna. That’s what they want. They want those who are over 65, have chronic illnesses, are poor, aren’t Christian Nationalists, look different than them, or disabled in any way to just “be gone”. I’m so very frightened for my daughters and my grandchildren.
This is when we have to start merging our lives. People who are property rich, but cash poor need to merge their lives - find each other, sell one house, put the other house in both names and use the other house to live in and the money from the 1st house to live off of that money - pay for medicine, taxes, food, what both need. Working on an app already - like a dating app, but for surviving the incoming administration!
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Great observation, and applicable on many levels. Now on a level that affects the entire planet.
More Bull shit! Like Merrick Garland...It starts out with great respect for the judge, kind words and so many behind the man thinking he is a good man and will hold the criminals accountable, and like Garland, in the end, he's just a cheap suit. A hack! He has failed America, just as the supposed hypocritical leaders on both sides. Very few of these assholes in office or on the bench are worth a damn and in the end, are no better than Trump. No accountability...lots of excuses! Fuck them all!
I wish I could say that I am surprised. What's worse is knowing that Trump is no aberration. All bets are off. He really is above the law, and that's a scary thing. Keep your eyes, ears, and mind open for the inevitable hellscape. We will certainly need to keep our wits about us.
I'm considering buying a gun, something I haven't owned since I was a teen 60 years ago.
I’m notching up my home security. Not sure a gun would do me any good at this stage of my life. Do what you gotta do.
I think tRump should still be sentenced on Nov 26th to 45 days in jail and immediately remanded to Rikers at time of sentencing, without any possibility of turning himself in at a future time. He can serve his sentence in full prior to inauguration and we can all move on.
Sounds like another cowardly DA is trying to find a reason not to sentence the convicted felon. He's not president yet, lawsuits may prove he's not after all he incited an insurrection which prohibits him from the position of president, and his immunity doesn't extend to civilian acts.
Let him run the country from jail if you have to but sentence him.
What did you really think was going to happen though? Trump will get away with this. Is it unfair? Yes. Is it wrong? Is it a miscarriage of justice? Is Trump above the law? Yes, yes & yes. Also, these people have to worry about their actual lives & the lives of their loved ones. It’s not right yet here we are. Unprecedented by an un-president.
I am disappointed in the "legal and justice system" in this country. Apparently there is no law and order. I'm with Ron Peter. F*** to EVERYONE involved this shit
He is the snake in his snake story.
He’s been telling us that for years.
There’s very little justice for rich men perpetuating crimes against woman. Also, the entire America system that I trusted and took for granted failed us. The media, the Justice Department, the FBI, the Congress, and 1/2 of the American people. I’m just crushed.
All while Sean Combs sits in a jail cell in New York. Yes, Sean did some horrible shit, but Orange Woodstained Stalin committed crimes against the United States by covering up an affair to win an election, stole top secret documents after inciting a coup because he didn't want to accept the results of the election he lost. What do they think is going to happen this time around? If he doesn't die in office from advanced Dementia first.
I am disgusted with this country.
Elon, Peter, and JD have other plans IMO
That’s bullshit
We The People have just been jerked around fir the past four years!
Things are looking bleak. Really bleak.
The system is caving to fascism. All is lost.
Wow. So he wants an orderly transition. I seem to remember an insurrection to prevent any transition in 2020 when he lost. Put him in jail for crying out loud. He was found guilty by a jury. He's a criminal. As for transition, he's not going to do anything. The plan is made, the people appointed. What transition?
“Unprecedented” has been overused with Trump. He breaks laws then uses specific parts of the very judicial system to stay out of jail. Laws need to applied equally to all, regardless of their standing.
Blah Blah Blah. Probably should cancel this channel as well. You and Agnifilo have been wrong literally at every turn. We are The People and we have seen no justice. Thanks for literally nothing.
I just told my neighbor that he fucked around and now we will all find out!!! He acted like I was crazy! They are all too stupid to tolerate!
Follow the fkg law!!!
WE thought we could depend on this judge to do his duty. We were wrong he has now jumped on the Trump bandwagon to dictatorship. It ismobvious that the case will never be finalized, nor will any of the others so that Trump can waltz into the WH as President for life.
Justice Denied!
Merchan, Hon. Juan
Court Attorney: James Bergamo, Esq.
Courtroom: Part 59
Location: 100 Centre Street, Room 1602
Telephone: 646-386-4059
Fax: 212-295-4932
Lock him up til Jan 20 and make a better man out of him.
America doesn’t have heroes anymore.
This shows the legal system has been either bought, persuaded, scared off or just incompetent. How much tax payers money has been wasted chasing candy floss. It makes a complete mocker if the judicial system in America AND if you are rich enough you can get your lawyers to get you off the hook, so it only is there to punish those lesser people!!
Shorter version: Trump escapes accountability yet again.
Surprised? I’m not.
We haveno more justice in this country is truely Nazi Germany all overagain
He needs to be removed from the bench too fuckthem all
Fuck that judge he is afraid too
Donald does not look well. Wait a while as surprises may come. Remember ☢️.
This is freakin' ridiculous! But why am I not surprised? Oh yeah, because he's never had to face consequences for his crimes before. Why would the courts! start now?!
Trump should not get away with this, NO ONE is above the LAW Regardless of what position he hold. It opens a can of worms for the courts. This would not happen in the UK.
I’M SO ANGRY THAT THE CAREER CRIMINAL WILL NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE 😡😡😡
Wimpy judge hems and haws again. Does he do this for all defendants? Can he at least fine him? This is in no way connected to his official duties. Give me a break.
What’s your opinion Popok?
Read this article and see the deadly parallels: "Complicity in the Perversion of Justice: The Role of Lawyers in Eroding the Rule of Law in the Third Reich" https://commons.stmarytx.edu/lmej/vol10/iss2/2/
Well…guess I have an evening of grim reading ahead of me
Yes, it's grim and very well sourced. The footnotes alone are worth study.
And the parallels between then and now are breathtaking.
Trump is not currently the President, so what is Trump talking about? One day in court to be sentenced will not impede the transition. Nothing he did and was charged with was part of his Presidential duties. The law cannot be bent to fit what Trump wants. Delay the actual sentence handed down until he is no less anger president.
He himself is impeding the transition by not signing a required document. So how can he effectively use the transition as a reason he can’t be sentenced. I’d be happy to see him have to spend some time in jail, even if it’s only a month or a couple of weeks. The sooner he’s sentenced, the less impediment it will be to the transition.
Love that idea Jeffrey! Get it to Merchan ASAP. Better yet.. Meidas Touch to run it daily.
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This is a sad day for the USA being able to get away with it because of money.
If I had Trump's white privilege, I could shoot someone on Main Street, and nothing would happen to me... I'm white. Where's my white privilege? I could use some more money; I'd like to rob a bank or an armored car... but damn.
Two fingers salute!
Well, he will always have that stain on his reputation. A convicted felon. That doesn't go away in the collective memory of our country.
But it's had no negative consequences so it makes no difference to him. To think he can even stand as a candidate beggars belief!!
I know, it's horrifying. He should have been disqualified as a candidate because he was involved in the insurrection. It's going to be a rough few years ahead for everyone.
No way
Yay!!!