Judge Juan Merchan could become the first judge ever to oversee a former U.S. president’s criminal trial. He is presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York. If Trump goes on trial, the judge also will be in a hot seat. Merchan won’t talk about the case but says getting ready for the historic trial is “intense.
Judge Juan Merchan poses for a picture in his chambers in New York, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Merchan is poised to become the first judge ever to oversee a former U.S. president’s criminal trial. He’s presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York. Judge Juan Merchan poses for a picture in his chambers in New York, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Merchan is poised to become the first judge ever to oversee a former U.S. president’s criminal trial.
Born in Colombia, Merchan emigrated as a 6-year-old and grew up in New York. He worked his way through college, graduated from Hofstra University’s law school, and was a state lawyer and Manhattan prosecutor before being appointed a family court judge in 2006. Three years later, he was assigned to a felony trial court, which New York calls a state Supreme Court.
Trump’s lawyers also have pointed out that Merchan’s daughter is a political consultant whose firm has worked for Democrats and the judge donated $35 in 2020 to Democratic causes, including $15 to now-President Joe Biden. A state court ethics panelover New York state’s claims of business fraud and writer E. Jean Carroll’s sexual assault and defamation allegations. Trump denied all the accusations.
“He’s in command of his courtroom,” Stavis said. “He won’t be baited, and he won’t be pushed around.”During long trials, Manhattan judges often reserve a day each week for other cases. Merchan is keeping Wednesdays for mental health court, which he has overseen since its 2011 start, and a similar veterans’ docket he took on in 2019.
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