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 delete...
Trump’s post insinuating that Loren Merchan had posted the photo came after conservative commentator Laura Loomer posted a story online Tuesday claiming to have unearthed her X account. “So, let me get this straight,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “the Judge’s da...
The filing also alleges that Merchan himself has a bias against Trump. "As discussed below, because of actual or perceived impartiality, Your Honor cannot preside over this case, for at least two reasons: (1) the political and financial interest of Your Honor’s daughter in Aut...
In a letter to Merchan that was made public Friday, Assistant Dist. Atty. Joshua Steinglass argued that the gag order’s ban on statements meant to interfere with or harass the court’s staff or their families makes the judge’s daughter off-limits from ...
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...
His daughter, Khorry Ramey, had sought to attend the execution, and the American Civil Liberties Union had filed an emergency motion with a federal court in Kansas City. The ACLU’s court filing said the age requirement served no safety purpose and violates Ramey’s constitutional rights. But...
is relying on a familiar playbook. He tried unsuccessfully to get the judge removed from the hush-money case against him in New York state court, with his lawyers claiming that Judge Juan Manuel Merchan is biased because he’s given cash to Democrats and his...