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 the account. Rather, it represents the reconstitution, last April, and manipulation...
Prosecutors urged Merchan to keep the gag order’s ban on comments about jurors and trial staff in place “at least through the sentencing hearing and the resolution of any post-trial motions.” They argued that the judge had “an obligation to protec...
Trump lawyer Emil Bove followed up in his own email to Merchan, writing that a "stay, and dismissal, are necessary to avoid unconstitutional impediments to President Trump's ability to govern." The long-awaited ruling, on whether evidence shown at trial should have been shielded from jurors,...
Judge Juan M. Merchan’s comments came as a dramatic and consequential week in the first criminal trial of a former American president drew to a close Friday. Prosecutors have been building up their case ahead of crucial testimony from Cohen, who arranged ...
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Amid a flurry of filings in the case since Trump’selectionwin this month, it had already become clear that the Nov. 26 sentencing date wouldn’t hold. Judge Juan M. Merchan’s order Friday formalized that without setting a new one. ...
In rejecting the move, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein wrote that “hush money paid to an adult film star is not related to a president’s official acts.” Later, Trump’s lawyers beseeched Merchan to hold off the hush money trial until the Supre...
A spokesperson for New York’s state court system said that Trump’s claim was false and that the social media account Trump was referencing no longer belongs to Loren Merchan. The account on X “is not linked to her email address, nor has she post...
In court papers made public Friday, Trump’s lawyers said it is improper for Merchan “to preside over these proceedings while Ms. Merchan benefits, financially and reputationally, from the manner in which this case is interfering” with Trump’s campaign as the...