Nader says Judge Merchan is 'last best hope' to save republic from Trump; urges jail time

Ralph Nader, the Green Party's statesmanlike nominee successful 2000, urged Judge Juan Merchan to condemnation erstwhile President Trump to prison, calling the justice the "last champion hope" to sphere the republic.

On Monday, Nader shared a nexus to the missive connected X, which is his plea to the justice connected wherefore a situation condemnation is imperative.

"In airy of the Supreme Court blocking each avenues of accountability for Trump with its determination successful Trump v. United States, Judge Merchan is the past champion anticipation to sphere the Republic from its overthrow by Donald Trump," Nader posted.

The letter, dated June 28, 2024, was signed by some Nader and lawyer Bruce Fein. It starts retired by pointing to July 11, 2024, and stressing its value successful presumption of the U.S. Constitution and the regularisation of law.

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Ralph Nader wrote a missive to Judge Juan Merchan, urging him to condemnation erstwhile President Donald Trump to prison. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

"The aboriginal of the United States volition beryllium materially influenced by your sentencing Donald J. Trump," the 2 attorneys wrote. "He was recovered blameworthy of 34 felonies nether New York instrumentality and doubly recovered blameworthy of violating your constitutionally irreproachable ‘gag order’ to support proceedings participants from decease threats, harassment, defamation, and stalking."

Nader and Fein punctual Merchan the instrumentality gives him the discretion to condemnation Trump to up to 4 years successful prison, based connected the circumstances of the felonies, among different things, adding that the lawsuit for situation clip is "open and unopen based connected the quality of the offender alone."

"Mr. Trump threatens a counter-revolution against the American Revolution and the United States Constitution successful favour of enforcement absolutism indistinguishable from French King Louis XIV," Nader and Fein wrote. "On July 23, 2019, Mr. Trump proclaimed, ‘Then I person Article 2, wherever I person the close to bash thing I privation arsenic president.’ On December 4, 2022, Mr. Trump bugled that whenever helium decrees that an predetermination has been fraudulent, ‘termination of…the Constitution’ is justified."

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Trump is acceptable to beryllium sentenced connected July 11, 2024. (AP)

The 2 continued to plead their lawsuit to condemnation Trump to prison, proclaiming to Merchan that Trump had not disowned threats of a civilian warfare connected societal media by "MAGA ruffians" aft helium was convicted of 34 felonies.

"As to a hammer everything looks similar a nail, to Mr. Trump each ineligible oregon governmental adversity is simply a corrupt witch hunt aiming astatine the demolition of America," Nader and Fein wrote.

They past turned their attraction to Trump’s narration with Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming Trump "covets dictatorial powers" similar the Russian leader.

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"Your task is to guarantee that the condemnation matches the quality of the offender, including his wide and contiguous information to the peaceful transportation of statesmanlike power," Nader and Fein wrote. "Set a modular to which the omniscient and honorable justice whitethorn repair with a jailhouse word — astatine slightest a superior fraction of the 4-year statutory maximum."

Nader and the Trump run did not respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for remark connected the matter.

The erstwhile president and presumptive Republican statesmanlike nominee was found blameworthy on each 34 counts of first-degree falsifying concern records successful May. The six-week proceedings stemmed from charges brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. 

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Trump connected Monday moved to overturn his transgression condemnation successful the Manhattan lawsuit aft the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a erstwhile president has important immunity for authoritative acts committed portion successful office.

Trump’s sentencing day is acceptable for July 11 – conscionable 4 days earlier the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, wherever helium is expected to beryllium formally nominated arsenic the 2024 Republican statesmanlike nominee.

Fox News’ Brooke Singman and Maria Paronich contributed to this report.