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The predicament that Trump finds himself in is of his own making. Again and again, Trump engages in this argument that something is unfair when he's the cause of the delay in the first place."
Preet Bharara on Cafe Insider This is such an elegant argument that the judge is making, in essence, putting it on Trump, saying you misled the court. To come in now and ask to stop sentencing is disingenuous."
Joyce Vance, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama during the Barack Obama administration, on Cafe Insider Virtually every legal scholar and pundit says there is no (ZERO!) case against me. The judge fabricated the facts, and the law, no different than the other New York judicial and prosecutorial witch hunts. The legal system is broken, and businesses can't take a chance on getting caught up in this quicksand. It's all rigged in this case against a political opponent, ME!!!"
President-elect Donald Trump, on Truth Social, on January 5 President Trump is currently engaged in the most crucial and sensitive tasks of preparing to assume the Executive Power in less than two weeks, all of which are essential to the United States' national security and vital interests. Forcing President Trump to prepare for a criminal sentencing in a felony case while he is preparing to lead the free world as President of the United States in less than two weeks imposes an intolerable, unconstitutional burden on him that undermines these vital national interests."
Trump's attorneys in Wednesday's request to the Supreme Court
