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Former district attorney calls most recent trial against Trump “nonsense”

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By Evaristo Lara

Jun 22, 2024, 12:46 PM EDT

Judy Sheind, former Manhattan district attorney who is considered a television celebrity, calls the trial in which Donald Trump received a verdict against him for secretly giving $130,000 to a former porn film actress and then justify said amount as legal representation expenses.

A few weeks ago, the 78-year-old former president was found responsible by a jury on 34 counts of falsifying business records linked to an alleged attempt to silence Stephanie Clifford, known in the adult entertainment industry as Stormy Daniels, with whom she allegedly had an intimate encounter.

While waiting for Judge Juan Merchan to hand down his sentence on July 11, the Republican faces the risk of being sentenced to prison.

In this regard, during an interview with television presenter Chris Wallace, Judy Sheind criticized the actions of Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorney, for having created a presumably unsupported case.

“You have to turn yourself into a pretzel to find out what the crime was. (Bragg) doesn’t like him; New York City didn’t like me for a while,” he noted.

Judy Sheind is considered a celebrity for viewers. (Credit: Damian Dovarganes / AP)

The New York lawyer even recommended that Bragg focus on putting the real members of organized crime behind bars.They have made the “Iron City” an increasingly unsafe city.

“Would be happier, As a property owner in Manhattan, if the New York County District Attorney would deal with criminals who make it impossible for citizens to walk the streets and ride the subway, and use his efforts to keep those people off the street, than spend $5,000,000 or more of taxpayer money judging Donald Trump for this nonsense.

“It bothers me, as a taxpayer of this country, to use the system for your own personal aggrandizement,” he emphasized.

From Judy Sheind’s point of view, Trump’s mistake was having deviated from his path in business to enter politics.

“I think he was a good businessman, a real estate man, although Donald should not have been president,” he emphasized.

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