It has been noted that on the eve of his New York criminal trial, former President Donald Trump made one last Hail Mary plea for a delay via Mediaite.
In a post to his Truth Social platform Sunday, the former president teed off on presiding Judge Juan Merchan and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg as part of his last ditch effort to secure a delay in his trial.
Trump has lost multiple recent bids to postpone the trial in which he is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records, in connection with hush money payouts to cover up extramarital affairs.
“Judge Juan Merchan, perhaps the most highly conflicted Judge in New York State history, only gave us a short period of time to read and study hundreds of thousands of pages of documents that D.A. Alvin Bragg illegally hid, disguised, and held back from us,” Trump wrote. “Of course, and as the Judge knows, we need far more time than that.”
It has been noted that Trump, without citing any evidence, accused the White House and New York prosecutors of working in “close coordination” on the timing of the trial — in which jury selection is slated to begin Monday.
“They could have started this Fake Biden Trial many years ago, not right in the middle of my campaign for President, and time would not be a problem,” Trump wrote. “This is a blatant and unprecedented attack on Crooked Joe Biden’s Political Opponent (who is leading in every poll!), done in close coordination with the White House, that cannot be allowed to go forward!”
Trump also overstated his current standing in the polls. According to RealClearPolitics, which tracks all major presidential polls, Trump and President Joe Biden have each been on top of numerous recent surveys.
