A spokesperson for New York’s Office of Court Administration explained. “The X, formerly Twitter, account being attributed to Judge Merchan’s daughter no longer belongs to her. It is not linked to her email address, nor has she posted under that screen name since she deleted...
Judge Juan M. Merchan said in his decision Friday that he wanted to avoid any perception that the sentence was intended to tilt the scales in the presidential campaign. The judge delayed Trump’s sentencing until Nov. 26. That will mean that peop...
The partial gag order follows Trump's disparaging remarks about Cohen, Merchan, and Merchan's daughter after the judge on Monday rejected Trump's bid for a delay in the trial andset the trial's start date for April 15. "Given that the eve of trial is upon us, it is without question...
Trump suggested, without evidence, that Merchan’s rulings — including his decision toimpose a gag order on Trump— were swayed by his daughter’s consulting interests. He wrongly claimed that she had posted a social media photo showing him behind bars. Trump’...
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 lawyersfirst made the requestin May 2023, before the case went to trial, arguing that Merchan should step aside because of work Merchan's daughter had done as a Democratic consultant in support of President Biden. A state ethics panel last year later concluded that "the judge's im...
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 J...
Trump had pledged to appeal after Merchan ruled last month that the trial would begin April 15. His lawyers had pleaded to delay the trial at least until summer to give them more time to review late-arriving evidence from a prior federal investigation into the matter. ...
"I have a Trump-hating judge with a Trump-hating wife and family whose daughter worked for Kamala Harris," Trump said in a speech at his Mar-a-Lago estate, hours after his April 4 arraignment. Among Trump’s other criticisms, he's claimed Merchan "railroaded" ex-Trump...
On Wednesday, Trump launched a broadside onTruth Socialaccusing Merchan of suffering from “an acute case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.” In another post, he called Loren Merchan, the judge’s daughter,out by namein claiming she was “a Rabid Trump Hater” who had worked ...