Tag: Juan

Legal experts shred Trump’s “repulsive” attack on Judge Juan Merchan

Legal experts say Donald Trump’s remark urging the public to “look where” the judge in his Manhattan criminal trial “comes from” is the latest instance of the former president working to delegitimize the judiciary while relying on the specter of racism and xenophobia. As he left the Manhattan courthouse Tuesday, Trump told reporters that Judge […]

Justice Juan Merchan Gives Trump a Final Warning: Jail Is Next

Donald Trump has booked a one-way ticket to jail, and the judge overseeing his ongoing New York criminal trial on Monday said he’s ready to send him there at any moment. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan started the fourth week of Trump’s trial with a speech that’s more than a year in the […]

Judge Juan Merchan, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels and more

The trial in the New York criminal case against Donald Trump begins Monday with jury selection, the first of the four criminal cases against the former president to reach this pivotal stage. The charges against Trump stem from an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office into an alleged “catch and kill” scheme to bury […]

Judge Juan Merchan sets April 15 trial date for Trump hush money case

The judge presiding over Donald Trump‘s hush money case on Monday scheduled the trial to begin on April 15. The ruling by Judge Juan Merchan came after the former president’s attorneys had asked for a lengthy delay or for the falsifying business records charges against their client to be dismissed because of evidence that was […]