‘Who Are We Fooling?’: Charlamagne Urges New York To Throw Trump’s ‘Whole Case Away’

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Radio host Charlamagne Tha God on Wednesday urged Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Judge Juan Merchan to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump’s case following his election win.

Bragg suggested Tuesday that Merchan consider delaying Trump’s remaining case proceedings until his term ends in 2029. Charlamagne, on “The Breakfast Club,” disagreed, urging Bragg to drop the case entirely now that Trump has won the presidency.

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“New York City, just throw the whole thing away, alright? Cut it out. Who are we fooling? Who are we fooling? Nothing’s going to happen to Trump, and nobody wants that retribution that he may deliver hanging over their head. Just — he won the election. It is what it is,” Charlamagne said. “Cut ties, sever your losses, throw the whole case away. Come on. Who are we fooling, y’all? Who are you fooling, like seriously?”

“And if you push it back for four years, that might give him more reason to stay, okay?… He is the same person who told his voting base, ‘Just vote one more time, you’ll never have to vote again.’ All right, wink wink,” he continued. “Okay? Come on.”

Prosecutors indicated on Tuesday that they would not oppose a continued delay in Trump’s sentencing date, which is currently slated for Nov. 26.

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley on Tuesday criticized Bragg’s suggestion, arguing it would probably benefit the district attorney and the judge — but not the United States or “justice.”

“The worst possible scenario, in my view, is to keep this matter pending during the four years of the administration. You cannot have a local district attorney treat a sitting president like a freak on a leash, where he just is able to say that, ‘I will finish this once you’re out of office,’” Turley said. “It elevates the district attorney to a grotesque level. It also leaves this local judge as determining the ultimate outcome of the president of the United States. It doesn’t serve the nation or justice to have that type of lingering question for the next four years.”

A Manhattan jury in May convicted Trump on 34 counts for falsifying business records. Merchan halted all deadlines in the case on Nov. 12 in response to Trump’s election win, postponing his decision on the president-elect’s motion to dismiss the verdict based on the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling, which it issued after the verdict.

“The People deeply respect the Office of the President, are mindful of the demands and obligations of the presidency and acknowledge that Defendant’s inauguration will raise unprecedented legal questions,” prosecutors wrote. “We also deeply respect the fundamental role of the jury in our constitutional system.”

“No current law establishes that a president’s temporary immunity from prosecution requires dismissal of a post-trial criminal proceeding that was initiated at a time when the defendant was not immune from criminal prosecution and that is based on unofficial conduct for which the defendant is also not immune,” the filing continues.