Judge Judy gives blunt assessment of New York v. Trump case:...

Judge Judy gives blunt assessment of New York v. Trump case: 'Nonsense'

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udge Judy Sheindlin has delivered a verdict on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's successful prosecution of former President Trump, calling the case "nonsense."

The famous TV arbiter told CNN host Chris Wallace that as a "taxpayer in this country," she resents Bragg for "using the system for your own personal self-aggrandizement."

"And that's what you think the DA did in Manhattan?" Wallace asked in an interview that streamed Friday on Max.

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Judge Judy Sheindlin introduces Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, during a campaign event at Exeter High School on January 21, 2024, in Exeter, New Hampshire. Sheindlin is host of "Judy Justice" on Amazon's Freevee. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

"That's what I think. I mean, if you look — you had to twist yourself into a pretzel to figure out what the crime was," said Sheindlin.

A jury convicted former President Trump last month on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records during his 2016 campaign to conceal a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, a pornographic performer, to silence her about an alleged affair with Trump in 2006.

"I would be happier, as someone who owns property in Manhattan, if the district attorney of New York County would take care of criminals who were making it impossible for citizens to walk in the streets and use the subway, to use his efforts to keep those people off the street, than to spend $5 million or $10 million of taxpayers’ money trying Donald Trump on this nonsense," Sheindlin told Wallace.