On Friday, New York Judge Juan Merchan sentenced President-elect Donald Trump, making him the first felon to become President.
Merchan sentenced Trump to an unconditional discharge, which eschews any prison time or probation but cements his status as a convicted felon.
“After careful analysis and obedience of government mandates, pursuant of law, the court feels the only sentence is an unconditional discharge, which is a lawful and permissible sentence for falsifying business records,” Merchan said.
“I impose that sentence for all 34 counts, and sir, I wish you godspeed as you pursue your second term in office,” he said.
Trump, in remarks virtually to the judge inside the courtroom, said that his experience throughout his criminal case in Manhattan has been “very terrible,” calling it a “tremendous setback for New York and the New York court system.”
“He said I was falsifying business records; I was calling a legal expense a legal expense,” Trump said, reiterating a defense argument from trial.
“It’s an injustice of justice,” he added.
Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the Manhattan case in May 2024.
Friday’s sentencing comes after multiple efforts to appeal the decision. On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s final effort to stay sentencing proceedings.
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What a mockery the Courts in New York turned out to be. So sad. That Judge should be disbarred.
There is a much larger problem that is related to Trump’s conviction. Our education system is based upon government control over our lives, which is reprehensible to our Constitution that limits the scope of government interference in our lives. The so-called “authorities,” want us to believe they know better than anyone else. I have been a student of law for 30 years. And I can tell you plainly that the entire court system is just as corrupted as Washington, D.C. Our courts are based upon the American People are commercial chattel, for which our name in all capital letters is a legal fiction, or a corporation, for which corporations have no rights. We can no longer bring the Constitution into our courts… why? Because since 1868 the Constitution was converted into a trust. It is up to the House of Representatives to establish “Article III” courts, which are courts of Common Law, and will uphold our Rights as per the “Bill of Rights,” as well as other rights not published, but are assumed, such as the “right to travel,” for which a license is not required unless in commerce.