JONATHAN TURLEY: Trump's trial shows NY couldn't handle the truth. Sentence rams that home

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : In response to the ruling, Trump struck the perfect note Thursday night and declined to criticize the Court, stating that "This is a long way from finished
49% : The election itself felt like the largest verdict in history as citizens rejected the political, legal, and media establishments in one of our nation's most historic elections.
38% : However, Trump still managed to pull in 3.6 million New York votes, or 42.7%, in the 2024 election.
35% : Trump will walk away from this trial and into the White House in less than two weeks, but the New York system will walk into infamy after this day.
29% : Merchan not only allowed those charges to be brought to trial but then added layers of reversible errors in the effort to bag Trump at any cost.
28% : With the sentencing of Donald Trump Friday, the final verdict on the New York criminal trial of the president-elect is in.
26% : With its ruling on Thursday night, the setting for a decision could not be better for Trump.
20% : The appellate court has still not ruled on an appeal of Attorney General Lettia James's equally absurd civil lawsuit against Trump.
12% : By using federal violations that were never charged, let alone tried, Bragg turned a misdemeanor into dozens of felonies and essentially tried Trump for federal offenses.

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