Turley: Judge "Hand-Picked" to Oversee Trump Persecution Illegally Donated to Biden and the Democrats

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George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Monday that the judge in the Trump business records trial violated ethics rules with his donation to President Joe Biden's 2020 election campaign, and questioned why he was presiding over the case at all.

Merchan made a $15 donation to Biden's election campaign in 2020, a $10 donation to a group called "Stop Republicans" and a $10 donation to a "Progressive Turnout Project," according to data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Turley said that the small size of the donation was irrelevant.

"It is very clear, they say you can't make political contributions and he did," Turley said on "Fox and Friends" after co-host Ainsley Earhardt mentioned the donations. "And the fact it is 'de minimus' or small, really, I think, misses the point. You make donations to show your support, that is what that $15 did."

"What's also concerning for many is that Merchan was not randomly selected, he was hand-picked as the judge for this case, and many of us don't understand it," Turley continued. "You have a judge who is donor to the president, whose daughter is a major Democratic operative, you would think this would be an easy call, there are plenty of other judges."

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"He's not going to be held accountable to the bar association, but this is one of the many aspects of this trial that are troubling to those who view this as the weaponization of the system," Turley said.

Trump is making lemonade out of being stuck in NY -- he's holding a rally in the Bronx this Thursday evening.

Former President Donald Trump is set to hold his first major rally in his native state of New York since his 2016 White House bid, following a record-breaking event in Wildwood, New Jersey. The rally is scheduled for May 23rd in the South Bronx.

The rally will take place at 6 p.m. in Crotona Park, with Trump expected to address New York's economy, crime rate, and migrant crisis.

This is Trump's first rally in his birth state since a 2016 event in Buffalo.

The Trump campaign has criticized President Biden's policies, blaming them for increases in murder and assault rates in New York, as well as a surge in the cost of goods.

There were a couple of late updates to the earlier post about Cohen's testimony. I'll repost that stuff.

...Before the break, Cohen was forced to lay out how his income is now based almost entirely on attacking Trump ...

...Cohen admits that he worked for three months to pitch his reality show "The Fixer." He also said that he is considering a third book. Cohen admits that he is thinking of running for Congress and that he has great name recognition...

...Cohen is fighting question to admit that his name recognition is due to attacking Trump. He insists it is because of "his journey." He then admitted that the "journey" was daily attacks on Trump. Cohen makes it sound like he was Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton on a storied journey

...Blanche is basically portraying Cohen as still a grifter who has cashed in on his attacking his former [client]...

It's the graft journey, not the grift destination.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:25 PM

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