Reporter Confronts Trump Over Baseless Attack on Judge: ‘How Is The Judge Making Money Off This Case?’

Former President Donald Trump was confronted over a baseless attack on Judge Juan Merchan — the accusation that he is “making big money” off of Trump’s trial.

Hours before former Trump attorney/fixer Michael Cohen continued his testimony in the Stormy Daniels hush money-election interference trial, Trump posted a Truth Social rant that included the evidence-free claim.

Trump wrote:

Virtually every Legal Analyst and Scholar said yesterday, at the end of the day, THAT THERE IS NO CASE, AND THAT THIS WITCH HUNT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BROUGHT, AND SHOULD BE THROWN OUT NOW!!! WHY WASN’T THIS HOAX BROUGHT SEVEN YEARS AGO, INSTEAD OF IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WINNING CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT — ELECTION INTERFERENCE. The problem is that this Judge, Merchan, is TOTALLY COMPROMISED, CONFLICTED, AND CORRUPT, MAKING BIG MONEY OFF OF THIS SCAM AND ITS OUTCOME. He can’t render a fair decision, too much is at stake for him and the Democrats. The Appellate Division should remove him immediately!

On his way into court on Tuesday, Trump spent almost ten minutes ranting about the trial and praising his surrogates. As he finished up and went into the courtroom, a reporter confronted Trump to explain his attack:

DONALD TRUMP: He said “this is a sham trial. It’s politically motivated. It’s an assault on the leading candidate for U.S. president.”

I would expect he would say something good, actually, so I won’t go through the rest. But he’s here. He’s going to talk to you.

The Speaker of the House is here. We have Byron Donalds… We have a lot of great people here to talk to you, and they won’t let them speak here. I guess they want to make it difficult for them to speak.

So for some reason, I can speak here, but I’m the only one that’s allowed.

The gag order has to come off. So when you ask me a question about the people that we’re talking about, I’m not allowed to answer. There’s never been anything like this in the history of our country. It’s a scam. It’s election interference at a level that’s never taken place before.

And now, if you don’t mind, I’m going to go into the icebox and sit for a long time. Thank you very much.

REPORTER: Mr. Trump, will you testify?

REPORTER: Mr. Trump, what can we expect from cross?

REPORTER: Mr. Trump! How is the judge making money off this case?

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