Thursday, April 6, 2023
Trump's speech shows arrest and indictment haven't humbled him
Trump seemed to disregard instructions Judge Juan Merchan gave him earlier in the day during his arraignment, in which he asked the former president not to "engage in words or conduct which jeopardizes the rule of law, particularly as it applies to these proceedings in this courtroom." As my colleague Hayes Brown pointed out, that's exactly what Trump did. "During his speech, he not only called out Merchan as a 'Trump-hating judge' but also said he had a 'Trump-hating family.' He then explicitly called out Merchan's daughter for insult," Brown wrote. Trump's remarks were designed to help undermine the proceedings using a distinctly personal and provocative tone...
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