Before sentencing Trump, Judge Merchan emphasizes that the "protections afforded to the office of the president" apply only to that office, "not the occupant of the office." "To be clear, the protections afforded to the office of the president are not a mitigating factor. They do ...
President-elect Donald Trump is slamming the judge in his criminal hush money case after the judge refused to toss his conviction on the grounds of presidential immunity.
A judge has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.
Trump’s lawyers had urged Merchan to lift the gag order completely, arguing there was nothing to justify continued restrictions on Trump’s 1st Amendment rights after the trial’s conclusion. Trump has said that the gag order prevented him from defending...
Judge Juan Merchan, the judge in the Donald Trump court case, has made multiple contributions to Act Blue, the payment processor for the majority of Democrats political contributions, in the 2020 campaign cycle. FEC data shows that among the 3 contributions made to Act B...
Trump’s lawyers never raised presidential immunity as a defense in the hush money trial, but they tried unsuccessfully to prevent prosecutors from showing the jury evidence from his time in office. As the trial got underway in April, Merchan balked at the i...
“This court is simply not persuaded that the first factor outweighs the others at this stage of the proceeding,” Merchan wrote in an 18-page decision. Trump lashed out at Merchan on his Truth Social platform Friday, writing that it “would be the end ...
Judge Juan Merchan also said he would now rule on Trump's motion to set aside the verdict on Nov. 12. MORE: Judge denies Trump's 2nd attempt to move his hush money case into federal court Trump is seeking to have the case dismissed on the grounds of presidential immunity...
Judge delays Trump's sentencing in hush money case until after the election Judge Juan Merchan delayed former President Donald Trump's sentencing in his criminal hush money case until Nov. 26. September 6, 2024 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live...
Juan Merchan denied Trump’s request for a recusal as Trump escalated his criticism of a different judge overseeing one of his other criminal cases.