Before heading into the courtroom for day 11 of his criminal trial in New York City, Donald Trump took a moment to address the unfair treatment from Judge Juan Merchan.
“He wants to make it a salacious case, to try and hurt Trump, but it’s having the opposite effect,” Trump said. “He’s allowing things in, but nothing for us. He gives everything to the corrupt DA [Alvin Bragg]. You have a corrupt DA that’s not doing his job.”
Trump also spoke about the gag order, which he was charged with violating and fined $9,000.
“The gag order stops me from talking about people and responding when they say things about me,” Trump said. “We have people saying things about me and I’m not allowed to respond. So this judge has taken away my constitutional right and as a Republican candidate and somebody that’s leading Biden by a lot, I should be able to respond.”
Watch Trump’s comments below:
Donald Trump lashed out at Judge Juan Merchan for trying to make his criminal hush money case "salacious" to "hurt" him. "He's allowing things in that have nothing to do with this case," Trump said.
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