The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, accused this Tuesday Judge Juan Merchan, who is leading the case against him for alleged bribery of former porn film actress Stephanie Clifford, of “violate the ruling of the Supreme Court” after he has ruled that “he does not have presidential immunity” in this case.
The magnate has called the judge “corrupt, partial and incompetent” and has classified the decision as “psychotic”, in addition to “completely illegal“Even without immunity, this illegitimate case is nothing more than a fraudulent hoax,” he stressed in a message published on his social network, Truth Social.
Trump has also assured that the decision “goes against” the Constitution, so if he remains in office “It will be the end of the American Presidency, as it is known today.
“He has so little respect for the Constitution that he maintains a illegal gag order against meyour president and president-elect, only so that he cannot reveal the illegal and disabling conflicts of his family and himself,” he added.
His words come after Merchan ruled this Monday that the president-elect does not have presidential immunity in the bribery case after his legal team tried to file it.or based on a landmark Supreme Court ruling.
Trump was convicted in April for a total of 34 chargeswhen he was not even confirmed as the official candidate of the Republican Party for the White House. The judge, who postponed sine the the hearing in which it will be known if he is finally sentenced to prison, held him responsible for falsifying documents to conceal a $130,000 payment to Cliffordknown as Stormy Danielswho he paid not to talk about an alleged extramarital relationship.
The Supreme Court ruled that the former presidents have immunity from prosecution for official actsnoting that evidence related to Trump’s work as president cannot be used in the trial. Thus, the magnate’s defense argued that the ruling of the country’s highest court meant that The conviction should be annulled and the accusation dismissedarguing that the trial included testimony from former White House staff.
