It was the third time Justice Juan Merchan has rejected Trump's demands that he step aside from the case. Each effort revolved around claims that the judge was compromised because his daughter works as a Democratic consultant. Trump's lawyersfirst made the requestin May 2023, before the case...
Judge Juan Merchan presided over the convictions of two Trump Organization companies and a guilty plea by their former chief financial officer.
Merchan’s rejection of Trump’s effort to throw him off the case comes as Trumphas stepped up his criticismof a different judge overseeing one of his other criminal cases: U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over the federal case in which Trump is accused of trying...
Trump also claimed Judge Merchan has ruled against him in pretrial motions “because his daughter makes money by working to ‘Get Trump.’” Loren Merchan has not commented publicly on the case. Though it’s true that Loren Merchan has served as president of Authentic Campaigns, a firm...
The framework a Manhattan jury will use to consider the charges against former President Trump and reach a verdict will be revealed by Judge Juan Merchan on Wednesday.
The names of the jurors are supposed to be a secret, but the dismissed juror told Merchan she had friends, colleagues and family members contacting her to ask whether she was on the case. “I don’t believe at this point I can be fair and unbiased and let ...
Merchan has been receiving death threats and has been assigned a security team since he was announced as the judge presiding over Trump's case. "Chambers has been getting the predictable harassing and defamatory calls and emails, all of which are being assessed," Office of Court Admi...
.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling that Trump has some presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for actions taken to overturn results of the 2020 election, Trump's attorneys sent aletter to Judge Merchanasking to him to "set aside the jury's verdict" in his hush...
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 ...
s historic hush money jury. Her change of heart came afterFox News host Jesse Watters devoteda significant amount of airtime to discussing biographical details about her and why they might make her a problem for Trump. Her identity was as good as public, the juror told Merchan. (He ...