Juan Merchan, the Biden-donor judge who oversaw the show trial conviction of former President Donald Trump in the Manhattan lawfare case agreed to delay proceedings until after the left-wing Manhattan district attorney’s office decides how to proceed now that Trump is president-elect.

Matthew Colangelo, who was formerly the No. 3 in President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice but was then hired to help “jump-start” the lawfare trial against Trump, said in a letter to Judge Juan Merchan on Sunday that his team needed more time to determine how to proceed after Trump’s electoral landslide.

“The People agree that these are unprecedented circumstances and that the arguments raised by defense counsel in correspondence to the People on Friday require careful consideration to ensure that any further steps in this proceeding appropriately balance the competing interests of (1) a jury verdict of guilt following trial that has the presumption of regularity; and (2) the Office of the President. Accordingly, the People respectfully request that the Court adjourn the upcoming scheduled dates to afford the People time to assess these recent developments, and set November 19, 2024 as a deadline for the People to advise the Court regarding our view of appropriate steps going forward,” Colangelo’s letter said.

Trump’s lawyers submitted a similar request that the case be dismissed, with attorney Emil Bove arguing in an email to Merchan, according to court filings, that a “stay, and dismissal, are necessary to avoid unconstitutional impediments to President Trump’s ability to govern.”

Merchan gave prosecutors

At its best, the legislative process is deliberative, merit-based, and responsive to the people. As an Oklahoma state senator, I am here to tell you the legislative process is not at its best.

Rather than deliberative, it is largely a charade where leadership sets the agenda and those who want to climb the ladder to one day become leader show up and vote “Yes” on everything. As South Carolina state Rep. Josiah Magnuson put it, “As some would frame this, we [legislators] only have one job, and that is to come up here and vote ‘Yes.’ … We just need to come up here and vote ‘Yes’ on the budget because all the work has already been done, right? … That would be ridiculous to expect everybody to just come here and push the green button and go home.” 

In the Oklahoma Senate, for instance, 99.2 percent of all bills heard in committee passed, as did 99.4 percent of all legislation heard on the floor. In the Oklahoma Senate, the floor agenda is usually sent less than a day before bills are heard, meaning we have only a few hours to read anywhere from 15 to 90-plus pieces of legislation. So not only are 99 percent of bills passing, but the majority are passing without even being read by those voting on them. It is clear that the committee and floor debates before the public do not mean much. The real decisions are made behind closed doors, and the vote is often

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn., refuses to concede the 2024 election even though his Republican challenger has claimed victory and the Associated Press has declared Dave McCormick the winner.

Casey has held elected office since 1997, when he was elected Pennsylvania’s auditor general. He also served as state treasurer before being elected as a U.S. Senator in 2006. He was seeking his fourth term.

During his time in office, Casey took a break from solving crime, hunger, and war to spend time impeaching President-elect Donald Trump for asking questions about the 2020 election.

“President Trump should be impeached and removed from office because he betrayed his oath to the Constitution and incited a mob to violence,” Casey said in a 2021 statement. “There should also be accountability for those members of Congress who led the effort to overthrow a democratic election. If they refuse to resign their office, then Congress should begin to explore censure or expulsion.”

Now Casey is the one asking questions about election results.

As of Monday evening, McCormick had a lead of just over 35,000 votes, which is a .51 percent lead.

In Pennsylvania, any lead of less than half a percentage point triggers an automatic recount, and the margin is just a hair over that. If a recount is triggered, the trailing candidate has the option of declining the recount.  

Last week the Department of State said there were “at least 100,000 ballots remaining to be adjudicated.” That includes provisional ballots and overseas ballots.