Opinion | The author's opinion does not necessarily reflect Sarah Palin's view.
“Judge Judy” Sheindlin criticized New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg for focusing on trying former President Donald Trump in a hush-money case instead of addressing street crime and subway safety.
Sheindlin expressed frustration at the allocation of taxpayer money towards Trump’s trial, calling it nonsensical and driven by personal motives.
She opined that the charges against Trump seemed convoluted and reflected Bragg’s personal biases rather than clear criminal intent.
“I would be happier, as someone who owns property in Manhattan, if the district attorney [Alvin Bragg] of New York County would take care of criminals who are making it impossible for citizens to walk in the streets and use the subway,” Sheindlin said.
“As a person who owns property in Manhattan I would be happier if Alvin Bragg took care of criminals who make it impossible to ride the subway or walk the streets, than spending $10 million of taxpayer money trying Donald Trump on nonsense,” she said.
“To use those efforts to keep those people off the street, than to spend $5 million or $10 million taxpayers’ money trying Donald Trump on this nonsense,” she added. “That’s my view.”
Despite acknowledging Trump’s business acumen and TV presence, Sheindlin believed Trump was unsuitable for the presidency.
“I, as a taxpayer in this country, resent using the system for your own personal self-aggrandizement,” Sheindlin said. “You have to twist yourself in a pretzel to figure out what the crime was. He [Bragg] doesn’t like him [Trump]. New York City didn’t like him [Trump] for a while.”
“I don’t think that Donald [Trump] ever should have been president,” Sheindlin said. “And I don’t think that even Donald thought he was going to be president.”
Trump’s recent guilty verdict in the hush-money trial marked a historic conviction for a former U.S. president, with the case centering on allegations of concealing information through improper financial dealings.
