Judge Juan Merchan has taken the bench and court is back in session for Day 14 of Donald Trump's criminal trial. Defense attorney Susan Necheles is sitting on Trump's right at the defense table, Todd Blanche is to his immediate left, and Emil Bove occupies the seat over. A packed row...
When lawyers for the Trump Organization said they might argue political bias during the companies' trial, Merchan quickly shut them down. "I will not allow you in any way to bring up a selective prosecution claim, or claim this is some sort of novel prosecution," Merchan said last ...
which was ultimately found guilty at a trial overseen by Merchan — the judge said he had rejected the same request by the Trump team prior to the company’s trial, and that the “identical grounds” being used for a different defendant in a different indictment “only serve to weaken the...
Legal expert Alan Dershowitz called out Judge Juan Merchan for his "outrageous" rulings in the New York criminal trial against former President Trump, arguing the case should be broadcast on television so that Americans can see the "spectacle." On "The Brian Kilmeade Show," Tuesd...
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...
Judge Juan Merchan indicated the trial is now scheduled for April 15, delaying it by 20 days. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday consented to a delay of at least 30 days, and Trump had requested up to 90. The delay comes after Trump's attorneys protested the late productio...
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...
Thursday morning, Juror No. 2 told Judge Juan Merchan that she could no longer be an impartial participant in Donald Trump’s historic trial. She was not alone.
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...
No jurors can be 'intimidated' in courtroom: Judge Merchan warns Trump 09:24 Share this - Copied Seven jurors have been selected so far in former President Trump's New York hush money trial. MSNBC's Lisa Rubin, The New York Times investigative reporter Susanne Craig...