Judge Judy Blasts Alvin Bragg for Ignoring Real NYC Crimes While Prosecuting Trump ‘Nonsense’
“I would be happier, as someone who owns property in Manhattan, if the district attorney of New York County would take care of criminals who were making it impossible for citizens to walk in the streets and use the subway”
Judge Judy recently did an interview with Chris Wallace of CNN and angrily called out Alvin Bragg for ignoring New York City’s very real crime problem while pursuing the ‘nonsense’ charges against Trump.
She also says that Bragg is doing this not only because of the election, but because he is seeking self-aggrandizement.
FOX News reports:
Judge Judy renders verdict on NY v. Trump case: ‘Nonsense’
Judge Judy Sheindlin has delivered a verdict on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s successful prosecution of former President Trump, calling the case “nonsense.”
The famous TV arbiter told CNN host Chris Wallace that as a “taxpayer in this country,” she resents Bragg for “using the system for your own personal self-aggrandizement.”
“And that’s what you think the DA did in Manhattan?” Wallace asked in an interview that streamed Friday on Max.
“That’s what I think. I mean, if you look — you had to twist yourself into a pretzel to figure out what the crime was,” said Sheindlin.
A jury convicted former President Trump last month on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records during his 2016 campaign to conceal a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, a pornographic performer, to silence her about an alleged affair with Trump in 2006.
“I would be happier, as someone who owns property in Manhattan, if the district attorney of New York County would take care of criminals who were making it impossible for citizens to walk in the streets and use the subway, to use his efforts to keep those people off the street, than to spend $5 million or $10 million of taxpayers’ money trying Donald Trump on this nonsense,” Sheindlin told Wallace.
Here’s the video:
Judge Judy! goes off on how ridiculous she thinks it is to spend millions of taxpayer dollars prosecuting Trump when New York City residents aren’t safe from actual criminals: pic.twitter.com/McY36lmeiI
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 22, 2024
Judge Judy was not the only person saying things like this over the weekend. Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appeared on the Bill Maher show and said that this case never would have been brought against anyone other than Trump.
ANDREW CUOMO: “If his name was not Donald Trump and if he was not running for President, I’m telling you, that case would have never been brought. And that's what's offensive to people. And it should be.”
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 22, 2024
This is why this case does not seem to be having any effect on Trump’s poll numbers. Most voters agree with Judge Judy and Andrew Cuomo.
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A question for the legal types:
When does “conviction” occur?
1.) At the time of the juries’ verdict? Or,
2.) At the time the judge issued the sentence?
3.) Or, something else?
#2. Trump isn’t technically a ‘convicted felon,’ yet. Professor Jeb Rubenfeld, law professor at Yale, explains it in the video below. The pertinent comments begin at the 19:56 mark. But, the entire video is worth the watch (as are all his videos on this case).
https://youtu.be/u23t__ysVjU?t=1186
If the judge has not yet issued the sentence, then why is the term “convicted” still being used?
The most charitable explanation is that journalists are horribly incurious people who believe that a jury verdict of guilty = conviction, like the great majority of the general public. The less charitable explanation, particularly for the journalists who are lawyers/professional legal commentators, is that they’re trying to score political points for their side irrespective of what they know to be the more accurate description of where Trump is in the legal process at the moment.
You ask this of an industry whose meat puppets duly mouth the phrase “weapons of war” about guns that no military anywhere in the world uses, and obediently sticks its fingers in its ears instead of investigating blockbuster stories such as the Hunter Biden laptop, the Ashey Biden diary, the Nashville manifesto, and the Chinese lab leak theory.
You get more honest reporting out of the Babylon Bee than the mainstream media. At least the Bee admits they’re having fun with you.
And, sadly, the Babylon Bee has a better record of accuracy and prediction than the mainstream media.
Subotai Bahadur
popular usage. The actual timeline doesn’t make sense to most people and people can’t make the distinction between being found guilty by a jury and then being sentenced. Up to that point a Judge can set aside the verdict but it rarely happens so most people think if the guilty comes down that’s it and in most cases it is.
Why do you think?
Sure, but Trump almost certainly has to file a Federal appeal in the Southern District of NY. No way judges there find for him.
Probably correct, although the constitutional infirmities with that case are IMMENSE. Still, even if they refuse to grant an emergency stay, that then opens a PRE-SENTENCING emergency appeal avenue for him to the 2nd Circuit and then the Supreme Court. He wouldn’t be looking for a reversal, just a stay of sentencing pending appeal.
When is Bragg going to charge the Congressmen who’ve used the Hush Money Slug Fund? I thought no one was above the law.
Slush Fund, but I guess it pays off allegations of slugging, too.
Funny how the liberal scumbags weren’t saying this BEFORE the backfire. It’s almost like they were waiting to see if it helped Trump before forming an opinion.
Since the entire point of this lawfare is not justice, but 2024 election interference, of course it’s part of their OODA loop.
Uh oh. Judge Judy is in the house!!!
The people applauding this miscarriage of justice are the TDS victims who would never vote for him under any circumstances and suffer from an acute bout of confirmation bias. The majority of Americans are not in this camp and that includes those that do not like or support Trump. We see what is going on and don’t like it.
I suspect that Judge Judy and 98% of voters on her block supported Bragg’s election. Now, she gets some attention for a few merely unkind (but obvious) observations about the Soros-backed Bragg.
Sorry, Judge Judy, but that’s WAY too little, too late.
I’m pretty sure JJ’s not registered to vote in Manhattan.
Well, Trump does have the unique distinction of being the only person convicted in NYC this year. So there’s that…
Now let’s have prosecutor, Hamilton Burger, give his opinion.
Any attorney with scruples has agreed with this. Only the ideological fixated types would say this is justified and well-earned. How, it all doesn’t matter. Bragg is now set for life. He doesn’t need to be vindicated any further. In fact, he could be disbarred, and from the day of the jury verdict onward, he is set for life. He will be paid handsomely within certain circles no matter what he does as a “job” from here on out. His book, almost certainly forthcoming especially if Trump is elected, will generate many millions for him no matter if it sells just ten copies. He knew this when he made his pact with the devil and reversed his decision by going forward.
21st America is starting to look more like early 19th century America politically.
If Trump wins the election and gives a special “shoutout” in a victory speech to Bragg and the judge, “for increasing the turnout of people who care about our justice system and election interference”, I am not so sure they will be set for life.
My view is as stated – he could even be disbarred and still bet set for life with millions upon millions rolling in for being a good servant of those who wanted that sham prosecution to proceed. I don’t necessarily mean specific people, just those who want Trump out of the picture. He could never practice law again, and for years to come still be paid for board seats, consulting, books, etc. All funded by those who appreciate his effort to try and take out Trump.
Indeed. I’ve long suspected book deals are used as vectors for money laundering.
This!
You think? Mosby in Baltimore comes immediately to mind as does the millions Hillary got for her book that sold 50 or so copies.
alvie responded
look I dont who this j broad is but crime is down under my watch after I prosecuted trump
Alvin Bragg is an elected District Attorney in a Leftist controlled polity. His purpose for holding that office is to NOT prosecute any crimes that may be committed by anyone who is a Leftist Protected Class, and to use the Coercive Organs of State Power against anyone who annoys that State Power. He is doing what he was elected to do.
Subotai Bahadur
Speaking of this week’s upcoming presidential debate, I have some unsolicited advice, for what it’s worth.
Trump should allow Joe Biden to do what Biden does so well: descend into a rambling, unintelligible, quarrelsome state of incoherence, while Trump focuses on what a future for the Nation under Donald Trump will look like.
When Joe starts screaming by calling out Trump for being a convicted felon, Trump should calmly respond, “So, I was subjected to a sham political trial that you and your Administration orchestrated and I made it through it; while you were deemed too senile and unfit to stand trial for stealing classified documents.”
That line of argumentation will trigger Biden–causing him to crumble on the debate stage
That is the obvious response and I hope every time Biden tries the convicted felon schtick Trump comes right back with the too senile to stand trial line.