Donald Trump blasted Judge Juan Merchan Saturday, saying the Manhattan jurist should be disbarred after finding that the president-elect’s conviction for the crime of falsifying business records should not be thrown out.

Trump posted on his Truth Social platform: “I never falsified business records. It is a fake, made up charge by a corrupt judge who is just doing the work of the Biden/Harris Injustice Department, an attack on their political opponent, ME!

“He created a case where there was none. Keeps a ‘gag order’ on me so that I can’t talk about how crooked he is. The Fake News knows all about it, but they refuse to talk. He may be the most conflicted judge in New York State history.

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