Judge Juan Merchan: No Breaks for Trump
THE ISSUE: Jonathan Turley’s column criticizing the apparent anti-Trump bias in the hush money trial.
Former President Donald Trump truly can’t catch a break and can’t even have his case end in a mistrial (“An obscene case of bias at this circus,” Jonathan Turley, May 8).
I’m not a fan of Trump, so it’s funny to see just how much Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who oversees Trump’s trial, hates him. It shows just how likable Trump is — that is, not very much.
It is kind of pathetic and loser-like for a potential presidential candidate to whine about his legal problems.
George Markos
Eatontown, NJ
Can anything Judge Merchan say or do in his courtroom stir the Supreme Court into action against him?
He is an omnipotent renegade, who I believe consistently defiles the sanctity of our Constitution. It might take the outrage of the American people for the Supreme Court to finally defend what it has sworn to defend — the Constitution.
If Judge Merchan wore
a bathing suit to court or declared Trump was no longer an American citizen, would it finally do the trick and get the Supreme Court to faithfully act as a protector of our nation’s sacred Constitution?
Andy Farkas
Traverse City, Mich.
I urge Merchan not to put Trump in jail because of his gag-order violations.
That would make him a martyr, a status Trump would love. Instead, give him a pacifier and a rattle
and have him sit in a corner of the courtroom until he grows up. America can wait. Vin Morabito
Scranton, Penn.
Watching Trump repeatedly violate Merchan’s gag order reminds me of a bratty schoolboy who continually mocks the teacher and refuses to follow the rules — simply because his rich father is chairman of the school board.
Since Trump is goading Merchan into sending him to jail, so he can cry about how unfairly he’s being treated, I think the latter should call Trump’s bluff and treat him like any teacher would punish a lying 77year-old bully: With a time out. Sharon Austry
Fort Worth, Tex. Now the time has finally come to drop all charges against Trump. This is America, not Venezuela.
Paul Mathews
San Luis Obispo. Calif.