On Friday, a New York Democrat judge denied Donald Trump’s request to dismiss the lawfare brought against him by Manhattan’s leftist prosecutor. He also scheduled a sentencing hearing for the president-elect 10 days before he’s sworn into office.
In his 18-page ruling, New York County Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan — who previously donated to Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign — declined the soon-to-be 47th president’s motion to toss a May 2024 jury verdict convicting him of 34 felony counts. New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought the case. The jury in deep-blue Manhattan found Trump guilty on all counts related to a payment his then-lawyer made to a pornographer as part of a nondisclosure agreement ahead of the 2016 election.
“Finding no legal impediment to sentencing and recognizing that Presidential immunity will likely…
