The former president was warned about his public statements before mentioning a 'Trump-hating judge' and Merchan's family in his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, speech.
Andrew Weissmann, a former federal prosecutor, said that Trump's comments about Judge Merchan were"appalling" and that heads of organized crime gangs would not behave in such a way.."There is a rule in organized crime. You do not do this with respect to prosecutors. You don't do this with respect to the judge. You certainly don't go after their families. It's bad business to do that.
"He is publicly intimidating a judge and pointing a spotlight on their family to his supporters—many of whom have admitted in court to committing violence in his name,"The Democrat made a similar accusation after the former president's eldest son,
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