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Public Notice: Merchan subtweets John Roberts ahead of Trump's sentencing
Public Notice - Merchan subtweets John Roberts ahead of Trump's sentencing
The chief justice thinks intimidating judges is bad — some of the time.
Liz Dye
Jan 08, 2025
Last Friday, Justice Juan Merchan rejected Trump’s bid to dismiss his criminal case. Barring intervention from a higher court, the president-elect will be sentenced on January 10 for 34 felony counts of creating a false business record.
Trump responded with his usual screaming tantrum, even though the judge promised he’d impose no jail time.
Trump’s Truth Social meltdown continued through last weekend. But in fact Justice Merchan’s opinion is just as great a rebuke to Chief Justice John Roberts and his conservative brethren as it is to Trump himself.
Before we get to Merchan’s subtweet, though, let’s revisit how we got here.
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The chief justice thinks intimidating judges is bad — some of the time.
Liz Dye
Jan 08, 2025
Last Friday, Justice Juan Merchan rejected Trump’s bid to dismiss his criminal case. Barring intervention from a higher court, the president-elect will be sentenced on January 10 for 34 felony counts of creating a false business record.
Trump responded with his usual screaming tantrum, even though the judge promised he’d impose no jail time.
Trump’s Truth Social meltdown continued through last weekend. But in fact Justice Merchan’s opinion is just as great a rebuke to Chief Justice John Roberts and his conservative brethren as it is to Trump himself.
Before we get to Merchan’s subtweet, though, let’s revisit how we got here.
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