Reacting to Judge Juan Merchan’s announcement Friday that he’s postponing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s sentencing until after November’s election, Judge Jeanine Pirro said she was stunned – by Merchan’s duplicitous explanation of his decision.

“I am stunned,“ Judge Pirro told Fox News before blasting Merchan's pretense:

“Look, this is a judge who, at every turn, ruled against Donald Trump

“This is a judge who allowed prejudicial evidence to come in – evidence that had nothing to do with the underlying charge.

“And, speaking of the underlying charge, most of it is expired, pursuant to the statute of limitations, boot-strapped and resurrected by another crime that the jury didn’t have to really identify.

“And, there’s a lot of hearsay and there’s some privileged information.

“Then, in the meantime, is the Supreme Court decision that came out in July saying, ‘Hey, you know, you have to separate immunity, your immunizing privileged testimony, from the underlying essence of the crimes in this case.

“And now, all of a sudden, Judge Merchan is saying, ‘Well, I don’t want to be political here. I think it’s time that we took note of the fact that we’re in a presidential election season.’

“Are you kidding me?”

Judge Pirro went on expose the blatant hypocrisy of Judge Merchan’s comments in light of his clearly transparent efforts use his position to influence the election:

“This is a political decision made by a judge who said, ‘You know what, this is a close election. I’m not going to give Donald Trump any kind of advantage here.’

“That’s my interpretation – based on a judge who did everything he could. Even the verdict sheet in this case. You can’t understand it. I’ve never seen anything like it.

“And now, suddenly, the D.A. agrees. The D.A. says ‘We’re not going to object to his sentencing.’

“They want to throw him in jail!”

“But, they know that this is a case that will go in Trump’s favor – and they don’t want that to happen,” Judge Pirro concluded.