The judge presiding over the case against Trump has been threatened with death

He Judge John Merchanwhich refers the case against Former President of the United States Donald Trump as part of the alleged bribery of porn actress Stormy Daniels, he received “dozens of death threats and disturbing calls” in recent days, as sources close to the misdemeanor judge told ABC.

Most of the intimidation of the judge has been done by phone or in the form of “death threats by email” and is taking place after Trump accused the judge of lacking impartiality “marked” by the Prosecutor’s Office, which filed an indictment against the former president.

Trump also recalled that the judge investigated the case that led to a a fraud conviction against your companyTrump Organization, and even stated that Merchan is guarding personal animosity. “He hates me,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network.

In their court appearance on Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers tried to downplay the former president’s written attacks on the judge, qualifying that the former president simply felt, broadly speaking, that he had been subjected to a “great injustice.”

For its part, a spokesman for the US Office of Judicial Administration limited comment to ABC that the department increased the safety of its workers since the beginning of the process against the former president. “Over the past few weeks we have continued to assess security issues as well as potential threats and have maintained an increased security presence in and around the courts,” the spokesman said.