A sitting federal judge has taken the extraordinary step of warning of tyranny following Donald Trump’s attacks on Judge Juan Merchan and his family who oversaw the criminal hush money case.
“It’s very disturbing when someone makes comments about a judge, and it’s especially problematic when those comments take the form of a threat, especially when they’re directed at someone’s family,” US District Judge Reggie Walton told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins The source. “We do this work because we are committed to the rule of law and believe in the rule of law, and the rule of law can only function effectively when we have judges who are willing to carry out their duties without the threat of possible physical harm.”
This might be a good time to remind everyone that Walton has been appointed by Republican presidents throughout his career, including George W. Bush, George HW Bush and Ronald Reagan.
“I think it is important for the preservation of our democracy that we uphold the rule of law,” Walton emphasized. “And the rule of law can only be upheld if we have independent judicial officers who can do their job and ensure that the laws are actually enforced and that the laws are applied equally to everyone who appears in our courthouse. €
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Walton explained the importance of speaking out and warned that without a viable legal system we have tyranny.
“I think it’s important that we as judges speak out and say things regarding things that are going to potentially impact the trial because if we don’t have a viable justice system, we don’t. can function efficiently, then we have tyranny. And I don’t think that would be good for the future of our country, and the future of democracy in our country.”
Donald Trump has been banned from publicly targeting witnesses, prosecutors, jurors and court staff in the hush money case, but that hasn’t stopped him from targeting the judge and his daughter.
You know Donald Trump. He’s the guy who will attack someone’s child with stochastic terrorism if he thinks it will get him something he wants. And so it is that the ex-president attacks Judge Merchan’s daughter.
Trump was told by the limited silence order in the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal case against him that he cannot talk about the district attorney’s staff, the court staff, witnesses, jurors or the lawyers and their staff. But he *can* talk about the prosecutor and the judge.
And the judge’s family.
“Former President Donald Trump lashed out again Thursday against Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan and his daughter, ***** Merchan — an attack that comes just weeks before Trump’s first criminal trial and two days after the judge issued the case. a limited gag order in this case,” Forbes reported (original quote edited to remove daughter’s name).
Forbes continued: “Trump has furthered his investigation into Merchan’s daughter by identifying her by name and saying she is a “rabid Trump hater who has admitted to having conversations with her father about me,” although the former president has not provided evidence to support his claim.”
“The former president alleged that Merchan’s daughter works for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, addressing criticism he leveled at Truth Social earlier this week, noting that she worked as an executive at a progressive political consulting firm , Authentic Campaigns, which Biden is a customer of, according to the company’s website.”
Joyce Alene noted, “When Trump paints a bullseye on a judge’s back, his followers respond. He knows this. His followers have demonstrated time and time again their propensity for threats and even violence, as when a Texas woman threatened to kill Judge Chutkan.”
5/When Trump paints a bullseye on a judge’s back, his followers react. He knows this. His followers have demonstrated time and time again their propensity for threats and even violence, as when a Texas woman threatened to kill Judge Chutkan. https://t.co/cgRGd4QU1M
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) March 29, 2024
Lest anyone think this is an exaggeration (which should forget January 6, the caravan lies, and much more), consider that Republican Senator Mitt Romney was paid $5,000 a day to protect his family from his party’s own voters after the uprising. . Additionally:
“Other Republicans were warned not to vote to convict Trump in the second impeachment, with echoes of real-life terrorism: ‘Consider your personal safety,’ said another. Think of your children. ”
THINK OF YOUR CHILDREN. This is the world the Republicans are willing to operate in, where they cede power to this dangerous, anti-American instigator of a terrorist attack on the US government, because they are AFRAID.
These elected Republicans are not heroes; rather, they are cowards of the worst kind: people who knowingly allow this man to continue to target the families of others, as long as their own families are safe.
If Donald Trump is not specifically prohibited from directing his violent supporters at anyone, he will. This is the man to whom the Republican Party has turned over all control and power. They are happy to unleash it on the US and its people, as long as they themselves are not the target.
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