Former President Donald Trump returned to Florida following pleading not guilty to criminal charges in a New York courtroom and attacked the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg during a speech at Mar-a-Lago.. Mar-a-Lago .On Tuesday night, Trump called Bragg a “criminal” and should resign as he “illegally leaked” grand jury information prior to Trump’s arraignment and Bragg should be prosecuted..Trump called New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan a “Trump-hating judge.”.Trump questioned if Merchan should recuse himself from the case as his daughter worked on Democratic campaigns, including President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Rep. Adam Schiff..Trump pled not guilty to all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, which Bragg called a “catch-and-kill” scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election..READ MORE Former president Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts.Merchan warned the prosecution and defence not to use “rhetoric” that could fuel “civil unrest.”.It is reported that Trump could be sentenced to as many as 136 years in prison if convicted on all counts..Trump allies are not the only people who take issue with Bragg’s case..“I believe President Trump’s character and conduct make him unfit for office,” said Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) in a statement..“Even so, I believe the New York prosecutor has stretched to reach felony criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda.”.In the Mar-a-Lago speech, Trump attacked other prosecutors trying to charge him, including special counsel Jack Smith, Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and the FBI..“Our justice system has become lawless. They are using it now, in addition to everything else, to win elections,” said Trump..Trump is back in court in December.
