Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio hit the nail on the head as it regards the trial of former President Donald Trump brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg concerning alleged hush money payments made to adult movie star Stormy Daniels.

“Judge in Trump case in NYC just told jury they don’t have to unanimously agree on which crime was committed as long as they all at least pick one,” he said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.  “And that among the crimes the can pick from are ones Trump WASN’T EVEN CHARGED WITH!!! This is exactly the kind of sham trial used against political opponents of the regime in the old Soviet Union.”

Part of the bias of Judge Juan Merchan was explained by George Washington University law professor and FOX News contributor Jonathan Turley when he appeared on host Sean Hannity’s show.

“It’s not that I haven’t seen anything like this. I haven’t even read anything like this. What I saw in that courtroom was otherworldly. I really attempted to give the judge the benefit of doubt on many occasions but what I saw today was, frankly, outrageous,” the legal expert said.

“At one point, the prosecutor actually said Michael Cohen committed federal election violations upon the orders of Donald Trump. Now, Merchan, has given an instruction that the jury is not to supposed to attribute the plea deal as an issue of guilt towards Trump. So the defense and Merchan just overruled it and allowed the prosecutor to repeatedly state that the federal election violations by Trump are a fact, and there is not any dispute to that, and Merchan just sat there,” he said.

“He was as useful as a ficus plant in that courtroom. I kept on waiting, looking at him for some sign he was even listening to some of these arguments. At one point, one of the prosecutors said that Hope Hicks burst into tears because she knew that she destroyed any defense by Donald Trump. Really? How do you know that?” he said.

“And another point, the prosecutor basically started to testify and said that catch-and-kill techniques are just not used in media or politics, that this is beyond anything that the media or political groups have ever done. That’s not in the record. He was giving testimony. There’s no expert for that,” he said.