The order, by Judge Juan Merchan, restricts Trump's public statements about witnesses and others. Statements made by Trump about witnesses, prosecutors, judges and others tied to his criminal and civil cases "were threatening, inflammatory, denigrating" and represent "a sufficient risk to the admi...
Mr. Biden was no longer running, and his opponent was now Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump argued that Merchan should recuse because of work Merchan's daughter's firm had done in support of Harris.Merchan rejected the request again Tuesday, in a decision made public Wednesday. He said ...
Trump had argued that Merchan is biased and has a conflict of interest. In court papers, Trump’s lawyers said Merchan should step aside due to “actual or perceived conflict of interest” because his daughter works for a digital agency, Authentic, whose clients include a number of Democratic...
Judge Juan Merchan has postponed the sentencing hearing for President-elect Trump and set a new deadline for the defense lawyers to submit arguments as to why the case should be dismissed now that Trump has won re-election. NBC’s Aaron Gilchrist reports for TODAY.Nov. 23, 2024 ...
Trump’s lawyers are again urging Merchan to step aside from the case, arguing in a letter to the judge this week that he may have a conflict of interest because of his daughter’s work as a Democratic political consultant. Merchan rejected a similar recusal request ...
Trump’s lawyers — echoing his recent social media complaints — urged Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan to step aside from the case, alleging bias and a conflict of interest because his daughter is a Democratic political consultant. The judge rejected a similar r...
This week, as the hush-money-to-a-porn-star criminal case against the former president advances, Trump once again read from the same script: He tried to discredit New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchanby going after the jurist’s daughter. ...
Trump has suggested on social media that the trial should be moved to Staten Island, the only New York City borough he won in 2016 and 2020. Steven Wu, appellate chief for the Manhattan district attorney’s office, noted that trial Judge Juan M. Merchan had already rejected Trump’s...
NEW YORK —Manhattan prosecutors suggested Friday that Donald Trump violated a gag order in hishush-money criminal caseby assailing the judge’s daughter and making a false claim about her on social media. The Manhattan district attorney’s office asked Judge ...
Trump has also raged against the gag order in the case, which stymied a near daily barrage of social media posts claiming Merchan was biased due to his daughter's work. He's twice sought Merchan'srecusalfrom the case, an effort that was first rejected in 2023, wh...