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ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith erupted this week while blasting Judge Juan Merchan for refusing to back down on sentencing President-elect Donald Trump in his New York City “hush money” case.

Merchan has already confirmed there will be no jail time, fine, or probation.

So Stephen A. is asking: “What is the purpose of this?!”

“This is the kind of stuff that just validates assertions about stuff being politicized. Maybe not specifically with Trump, but the suspicion definitely is there,” Stephen A. said on his show Monday. “What is the purpose of this? Is he going to jail? Are you going to jail? You going to give a fine? We got to sit up there and go through all the pomp and circumstance when you know you’re not going to do anything. He was certified today as the next president of the United States of America. Come January 21st, he will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States of America. But … you want to sentence him. You’re Juan Merchan — who is he, the state Supreme Court justice in New York? You want to sentence him next Friday? And by the way, what is the sentencing about?”

“Because see, we got to be real about it. We just got to be real about it. Thirty-four felony counts … sounds very, very damaging. It’s a hush money case. Essentially, the case against Donald Trump is that he is alleged to have engaged in relations with a former porn star and he made efforts involving finances to keep her mouth shut,” he continued. “That’s what all of this is about? You know what some people said to me when they were talking about this? They said, ‘Could you please tell me what’s the difference between this and somebody signing an NDA?’ I don’t know the answer to these questions. I’m just telling you what people’s thought process is.”

Watch the clip below:

According to a New York Post report, President-elect Donald Trump and his legal team have filed a massive 502-page lawsuit in an attempt to stop the sentencing in his New York City “hush money” case.