President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP/Evan Vucci)
Trump said Merchan is "a totally conflicted judge who is doing the work for the Democrat Party because every other case has failed."
"I did absolutely nothing wrong," Trump continued. "This is a political witch hunt by Biden and the DOJ."
He added: "They want to see if they can get a pound of flesh because every case has failed including deranged Jack Smith’s, who is on his way back to the Hague after having lost every case."
Trump told Fox News Digital that "nobody has ever gone through what I go through—this is a disgrace."
The president-elect went on to call Merchan "the most conflicted judge in the history of jurisprudence."
"There has never been a judge as conflicted as this one," Trump said. "There was no case. He created a case out of nothing because he wanted my political opponent to win."
Merchan imposed a gag order over Trump during the trial and has refused to lift that order.
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Merchan’s gag order bars Trump from making or directing others to make public statements about witnesses with regard to their potential participation or about counsel in the case—other than Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg—or about court staff, DA staff, or family members of staff.
One issue Trump has been barred from speaking about relates to Merchan’s daughter, Loren Merchan, who sits as the president for Authentic Campaigns—a company that has done political work for top Democrat clients like President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg arrives at Daniel Penny’s trial following a lunch break at the Manhattan Supreme Criminal Court building in New York City on Monday, December 2, 2024. Closing arguments are set to begin today in Penny’s trial for the 2023 subway death of Jordan Neely. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital) (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital)
Smith’s case against Trump related to alleged 2020 election interference was also dismissed last month, and he closed his office.
Trump had pleaded not guilty to all charges across both of Smith’s cases against him.
And last month, a Georgia court of appeals disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her team from prosecuting Trump in her 2020 election interference case.
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The court did not toss Trump's indictment entirely, but Willis and the assistant DAs working in her office now have "no authority to proceed."
"There is no way such corrupt people can lead a case and then it gets taken over by somebody else," Trump told Fox News Digital last month, reacting to the ruling. "It was a corrupt case, so how could it be taken over by someone else?"
Special Prosecutor Jack Smith recently requested to dismiss charges he brought against Trump in a case alleging his interference in the certification of the 2020 election. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Trump spokesman and incoming White House Communications Director Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital that the order by Merchan "is a direct violation of the Supreme Court’s Immunity decision and other longstanding jurisprudence."
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"This lawless case should have never been brought and the Constitution demands that it be immediately dismissed," Cheung told Fox News Digital. "President Trump must be allowed to continue the Presidential Transition process and to execute the vital duties of the presidency, unobstructed by the remains of this or any remnants of the Witch Hunts."
Cheung added: "There should be no sentencing, and President Trump will continue fighting against these hoaxes until they are all dead."
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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