Judge Juan M. Merchan’s ruling — just days before Trump’s debate Thursday with President Biden — clears the presumptive Republican nominee to again go on the attack against his former lawyer Michael Cohen, porn actor Stormy Daniels and other trial w...
Merchan is poised to become the first judge ever to oversee a former U.S. president’s criminal trial. He’s presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) 3 of 3 | Judge Juan Merchan poses for a picture in his chambers in New York, Thursday,...
A New York judge on Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's request to throw out his conviction in the criminal "hush money" case. Judge Juan Merchan said in a filing that the Supreme Court's ruling giving presidents immunity f
CBS News New York's Jessica Moore has more on what Judge Juan Merchan's options may be.
Well, no: In Trump’s Manhattan trial, dozens of prospective jurors have already been disqualified for potential bias, including the woman that Trump sought to intimidate on the second day of jury selection, earning him a rebuke from Judge Juan Merchan. Of those who have made ...
In Manhattan, where the former president’s hush money trial is underway, Trump has asserted that Judge Juan Merchan is “TOTALLY COMPROMISED, CONFLICTED, AND CORRUPT.” In Florida, where Trump’s classified documents case is totally stalled, U.S. District Judge Aileen Ca...
“I don’t even know what the charges are in this rigged case — I am entitled to specificity just like anyone else,”Trump posted (in all caps). “There is no crime!” But Judge Juan Merchan had spent over an hour providing the jury withdetailed instructionsabout what their deliberatio...
Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is also weighing a defense request to overturn the verdict on immunity grounds, delayed Trump’s sentencing until Nov. 26, several weeks after the final votes are cast in the presidential election.
A dispute over one potential juror's Facebook posts showing celebrations after Trump lost the 2020 election prompted audible comments from the former president on Tuesday. That earned him an admonishment from Judge Juan Merchan, who told Trump attorney Todd Blanche to speak to his client. ...