The ESPN host and political commentator Stephen A. Smith has slammed the decision to sentence Donald Trump on the bogus hush money case on which he was convicted last year.
On Monday, New York Judge Juan Merchan declined a motion to delay Trump’s sentencing, meaning he will be sentenced on Friday just 10 days before he is inaugurated for the second time.
Trump responded to Merchan by slamming him as a “radical partisan” who is leading an “illegitimate political attack” against his administration.
Smith appears to agree with this view, as he explained:
What I have to say about them. You might be surprised with what I have to say about this. This is the kind of stuff that just validates assertions about stuff being politicized.
Maybe not specifically with Trump, but the suspicion definitely is there. What is the purpose of this? Is he going to jail? Are you going to jail? You think you’re fine?
We got to sit up there and go through all the pomp and circumstance when you know you’re not going to do anything. He was certified today as the next president of the United States of America.
Come January 21st, he will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States of America. But you want to have, you want to, you, you want to sentence him. You’re Juan Merchan. Who is he? The State Supreme Court Justice in New York.
You want to sentence him next Friday. And by the way, what is this sentencing about? Because we got to be real about it. We just got to be real about it.
34 felony counts sounds, sounds very, very damaging. It’s a hush money case. Essentially the case against Donald Trump is that he is alleged to have engaged in relations with a former porn star and he made efforts involving finances to keep Her mouth shut.
That’s what all of this is about? Do you know what some people said to me when they were talking about this?
They said, can you please tell me what’s the difference between this and somebody signing an NDA? I don’t know the answer to these questions. I’m just telling you what people’s thought process is.
Watch the clip below:
STEPHEN A. SMITH UNLEASHES ON JUDGE MERCHAN.
Beautiful stuff, voices are raised, as they should be.pic.twitter.com/0Tqe1kXqSg
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) January 8, 2025
In a recent interview with Fox News host Mark Levin, Smith said that he had grown disillusioned with the Democratic Party and regretted voting for Kamala Harris.
“I voted Democrat, and I got to tell you something right now: I don’t like the fact that I did,” he said at the time. “I don’t like what I’m seeing.”
Stephen A. Smith Says He Regrets Voting For Kamala Harris: ‘I Don’t Like What I’m Seeing’ (VIDEO)
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