Defense lawyer Todd Blanche presents closing arguments as Judge Juan Merchan presides during former President Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan state court in New York City, May 28, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.(Reuters/Jane Rosenberg ) "You can’t convict President Trump," he said....
"Good morning, Mr. Trump," Judge Merchan said as he opened the day's proceedings. The judge began the morning by precluding defense lawyers from questioning Daniels about a past arrest that never resulted in a conviction. "Anybody can be arrested," Merchan said. "That does not prove a ...
The comment comes as Judge Juan Merchan said on Monday that he will consider jail time for Trump, should he continue to violate a gag order imposed upon him in his ongoing criminal trial. "It is a really bad feeling to have your Constitutional Right to Free Speech, such a big par...
Trump has a long history of attacking people involved in his criminal and civil cases, including the judges overseeing them. Merchan is no exception. Last month, the former president described him as a “certified Trump hater” on his Truth Social platformand went on to single out the j...
Trump expressed appreciation for the language Merchan used in delaying his sentencing noting that it will only commence “if necessary.” “I greatly appreciate the words in the letter today from the judge. He said ‘if necessary,’ being utilized in the decision, because there should be no ...
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.
Trump’s lawyers, who said they were under the impression the gag order would end with a verdict, wrote a letter to Merchan on June 4 asking him to lift the order. Prosecutors urged Merchan to keep the gag order’s ban on comments about jurors...
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, after the ...
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 ...
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.