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Donald Trump lashed out at the judge expected to preside over his hush money case, claiming the jurist hates the former president. Trump vowed to appeal the judge and perhaps venue, but he might be tempting a gag order, experts say.

Former President Donald Trump went on the warpath Friday, as he used social media to lash out at a New York City judge who is expected to preside over his looming hush-money arraignment next week.

Trump, 76, trashed Justice Juan Merchan ahead of Tuesday’s Manhattan Supreme Court hearing, insisting the judge “hates me” and claiming he’d been “handpicked” by DA Alvin Bragg to torment him.

“The Judge ‘assigned’ to my Witch Hunt Case, a ‘Case’ that has NEVER BEEN CHARGED BEFORE, HATES ME. His name is Juan Manuel Marchan, was hand picked by Bragg & the Prosecutors,” Trump raged on his Truth Social platform, misspelling the jurist’s name.

A spokesperson for New York State Courts denied Trump’s claim, telling The Post the DA’s Office “absolutely” does not hand-pick judges.

Trump went on to allege that Merchan, who also oversaw the recent Trump Organization fraud trial, “strong-armed” his ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg into pleading guilty to a slew of tax fraud charges in that case.

“[Merchan] is the same person who ‘railroaded’ my 75 year old former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, to take a ‘plea’ deal (Plead GUILTY, even if you are not, 90 DAYS, fight us in Court, 10 years (life!) in jail,” Trump raged in his post.

Weisselberg, who testified against the Trump Org at trial, is currently serving time at Rikers Island as part of his plea deal.

Merchan, through a court spokesperson, declined to comment on Trump’s posts.

Trump’s attacks came as the Manhattan court confirmed the former president will be formally arrested and arraigned next Tuesday, after an indictment was handed down by a grand jury that looked into alleged hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.

His indictment — the first against a former president — is expected to include as many as 34 counts, many of them for business fraud, his lawyer said.

The bombshell not only prompted Trump on Friday to lash out on his Truth Social platform, he also sent out numerous fundraising emails in a bid to drum up financial support for his 2024 presidential campaign in light of the charges.

“Friend, Our justice system has utterly COLLAPSED,” raged one that was sent out Friday. “George Soros’ bought-and-paid-for Manhattan D.A. has answered his puppet master’s call and INDICTED President Donald J. Trump for having committed NO CRIME at all!”

It ended by saying that supporters should give even “just $1 to SAVE our Republic during these dark times.” It wouldn’t be clear until campaign fundraising reports are due in mid April how successful Trump’s pleas for donations have been.

But Trump could be in for a cash boon in his business ventures, as it emerged Friday the former president and his Truth Social could potentially reap a $100 million windfall.

Shares of the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that was created to take Trump’s media company public soared by as much as 10% in premarket trading on Friday — less than 24 hours after news of the indictment broke.

Meanwhile, if the 45th president continues with his fiery tirades as he goes before the judge, he could potentially land himself into a gag order to preempt possible violence or jury bias, legal sources told The Post.

“I would not be surprised,” said former Manhattan prosecutor Michael Bachner. “A court has a right to and often does issue gag orders in high-profile criminal cases.”

But he warned it will be a balancing act for the presiding judge since Trump has a strong claim to free speech because he’s already launched his 2024 bid for re-election and is in the midst of campaigning.

“It certainly is feasible that if the court feels that Mr. Trump is either acting to instigate disorder or chaos or acts of violence or he’s acting to try to affect a potential jury pool or to say things to deprive the government of a fair trial . . . yeah, the court could issue a gag order,” Bachner said.

Still, Trump could appeal a gag order and could argue, “what is happening to me is part of the election process and therefore your gag order is interfering with my right to inform the voters of my position on certain things,” Bachner said.

Despite the drama engulfing Trump, President Biden, 80, was noticeably silent Friday. He refused to comment on whether he feared Trump’s indictment could divide the country and ignite protests amid heightened political tensions.

“No, I’m not going to talk about the Trump indictment,” Biden told reporters firmly outside the White House. “I have no comment at all.”