Trump: Merchan Should Rule in Favor of a Directed Verdict Immediately

Trump: “They say it’s a bookkeeping error. I paid a lawyer a certain amount of money, we marked it down as legal expense. So I had a legal expense and marked it down as a legal expense. I didn’t mark it down as construction of a wall, construction of a building. I didn’t mark it down as electricity cost. I took a legal expense and they called it — I didn’t do it, the bookkeeper did it. He did it exactly right. Took a legal expense, they called it a legal expense. This is their whole case. Are you allowed to call a legal expense a legal expense? I don’t know what else you would call it, actually. But he brings it up here as a legal expense. What’s the problem? ‘I never thought that as an attorney I could see a system like New York’s, one of the most sophisticated legal in the world debase itself so badly. This judge should not be allowed on the case and should not have allowed this case to go forward. Merchan should rule in favor of a directed verdict immediately. There is an insufficient amount of evidence. No crime has been shown. No crime has been committed. There has been no crime.’ Judge Jeanine Pirro, she talks here, she is very excited here. ‘He is a fool. He is not an experienced judge.’ I will make that one a little short. I don’t want to insult anybody. Gregg Jarrett, brilliant guy, ‘Bragg’s argument is legally flawed. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) determined there was no campaign finance violation. The Department of Justice agreed. No civil fine was levied or criminal charges rendered. Those two entities have exclusive authority over federal elections.’ The state has absolutely no authority and the city, Bragg, has no authority. And Bragg never wanted to bring this case, in all fairness to him. He never wanted to bring this case. ‘No local prosecutor, such as Alvin Bragg, should be involved in this case.’ And the judge, as you know, is totally conflicted and everybody is talking about it. It’s an embarrassment to New York.”