Judge Judy bangs her gavel at Trump’s hush-money verdict: ‘Nonsense’

TV personality Judge Judy Sheindlin has decried Manhattan Distract Attorney Alvin Bragg 's hush-money case against former President Donald Trump as "nonsense."

In an interview with CNN's Chris Wallace, Sheindlin accused Bragg of using the justice system for his own "personal self-aggrandizement."

"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 said.

Prior to the trial, the NYPD announced that crime was down in March 2024 compared to the year prior, with a 23.5% reduction in crime in the subway system and a 25.9% reduction in shootings.

Sheindlin criticized the basis of the case, saying, "You had to twist yourself into a pretzel to figure out what the crime was."

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Last month, a jury convicted Trump of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Bragg brought the case against him over the $130,000 payment that the president's former 'fixer' Michael Cohen made to Stormy Daniels in 2016 during his campaign.

Sheindlin supported former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley during the Republican primary and says she is a political independent. When asked if she supports Trump, she said she didn't think he "ever should have been president."