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question everything

(47,820 posts)
Wed May 22, 2024, 11:08 AM May 22

Trump Slams Colombia-Born Judge Presiding Over His Trial by Saying, 'Take a Look at Where He Comes From'

Donald Trump once again attacked Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the former president’s criminal trial in Manhattan. This time, he urged those watching to “take a look at where” the Colombia-born Merchan “comes from.”

Trump emerged from court on Tuesday after the proceedings concluded for the day and again addressed the media. As he has done in other post-court appearances, the ex-president read legal analysis from sympathetic pundits such as Fox News’ Gregg Jarrett, who has seldom found a Trump argument he didn’t find to be airtight.

“‘This trial is now officially a sad and pathetic joke,'” Trump said, quoting Jarrett. “‘It’s a crime. Merchan and Bragg are the head clowns. It should be patently obvious to all that the leading Republican candidate for president is on trial not for what he’s done, but for who he is. Trump is the potential nemesis of the Democrats.'”

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-slams-colombia-born-judge-presiding-over-his-trial-by-saying-take-a-look-at-where-he-comes-from/

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I was wondering how long it would take him

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Trump Slams Colombia-Born Judge Presiding Over His Trial by Saying, 'Take a Look at Where He Comes From' (Original Post) question everything May 22 OP
Interesting because malaise May 22 #1
But MOMFUDSKI May 22 #2
Ding ding malaise May 22 #4
And he thinks she's cute Polybius May 22 #12
The "official" bio. atreides1 May 22 #6
LOL malaise May 22 #7
Trump is a racist? Perish the thought. Next he'll be accused of being a miogynist. Ping Tung May 22 #3
Poisoning the pristine blood pool of aryan white supremacist AmeriKKKa magicarpet May 22 #5
Lets not forget the cannibalism... Demsrule86 May 22 #14
I just can't wait... 2naSalit May 22 #8
Why does he get away with this? No one else would. lees1975 May 22 #9
It's not a matter of "getting away with" Wednesdays May 22 #11
And yet, Colombian-Americans will vote for him, along with the other groups he's insulted. UTUSN May 22 #10
I work with one who loves him Polybius May 22 #13
I work with dozens more that can't stand the scumbag RandiFan1290 May 24 #21
No clue Polybius May 24 #23
Very stupid to PO the judge who will pass sentence on you, if, you are found Guilty. republianmushroom May 22 #15
Shouldn't this be considered a contempt of court? question everything May 22 #17
Naw, the trial is over (court, thank god) and the court does want to have to back down from, republianmushroom May 22 #18
It's the same place from where ms aileen criminal comesnnon con Fullduplexxx May 22 #16
Careful Donny, Aileen was also born in Colombia MagickMuffin May 22 #19
Insult the judge's integrity, then claim bias because of the insult. Qutzupalotl May 22 #20
Yeah because no crime has ever been committed in New York, right? Takket May 24 #22

malaise

(270,647 posts)
1. Interesting because
Wed May 22, 2024, 11:12 AM
May 22

Aileen Mercedes Cannon was born in 1981 in Cali, Colombia. Her mother had fled Cuba as a girl, after the Cuban Revolution of the 1950s. Her father is from Indiana. Cannon has an elder sister.

atreides1

(16,169 posts)
6. The "official" bio.
Wed May 22, 2024, 11:26 AM
May 22

About the only part of that I actually believe is that she was born in Cali Colombia.

Her bio reads as if it's from a bad spy movie script!

Ping Tung

(944 posts)
3. Trump is a racist? Perish the thought. Next he'll be accused of being a miogynist.
Wed May 22, 2024, 11:15 AM
May 22

He secretly admires Obama and is very affectionate towards women.

republianmushroom

(14,635 posts)
18. Naw, the trial is over (court, thank god) and the court does want to have to back down from,
Wed May 22, 2024, 12:35 PM
May 22

next time is jail time. So forget it, pretend it never happened, There were several other contempt's of court that were also over looked. Oh, look over there, oh nothing. What were we discussing ?

MagickMuffin

(16,097 posts)
19. Careful Donny, Aileen was also born in Colombia
Wed May 22, 2024, 12:39 PM
May 22


Aileen Mercedes Cannon (born 1981) is a Colombian-born American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida since 2020.


Qutzupalotl

(14,426 posts)
20. Insult the judge's integrity, then claim bias because of the insult.
Wed May 22, 2024, 01:40 PM
May 22

Trump is expecting to lose this case. These slights are intended to cover his ass, as if to say Trump was found guilty because the judge was mad at him “for some reason.” Overlooking the fact that it's the jury who decides his guilt or innocence,

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