Attorney Alan Dershowitz on Friday criticized Judge Juan Merchan for telegraphing how he would sentence President-elect Donald Trump, an act that Dershowitz said influenced the U.S. Supreme Court not to block Trump’s sentencing.
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Trump’s effort to halt his sentencing. Merchan had indicated he would sentence Trump to an unconditional discharge, meaning no jail, fine or probation. Dershowitz, on “Kudlow,” said that if the justices hadn’t known Merchan’s plan, they would have stopped the sentencing. (RELATED: ‘Rather Actively Aggressive’: Jonathan Turley Questions Timing Of Sentencing Ahead Of Trump’s Inauguration)
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“I devised the term lawfare. I wrote about it in the late 1960s, and it’s become this horrible, horrible thing that has been used against American democracies. Of course New York suffers. Of course Trump…
