[ April 20, 2026 ]
Merchan ignores the fact that Trump has presidential immunity. Senator JD Vance is calling for a Federal investigation into the conduct of Judge Juan Merchan.
The New York judge presiding over President Trump’s hush-money case, Juan Merchan, denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case based on the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling. The judge still has to decide whether or not the case should be dismissed on grounds of various other motions Trump’s attorneys have filed.
The ruling keeps the criminal case against Trump alive, with just over a month to go before his inauguration. The Manhattan district attorney, who brought the case, Alvin Bragg, has indicated he’s determined to continue prosecuting the case after Trump, who’s term-limited, leaves the White House for good in 2029.
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Washington Times: A judge Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to have his hush money conviction dismissed because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. But the case’s overall future remains unclear. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan’s decision eliminates one potential off-ramp from the case ahead of Trump’s return to office next month, but his lawyers have raised other arguments for dismissal. Prosecutors have said there should be some accommodation for his upcoming presidency, but they insist the conviction should stand. A jury convicted Trump in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels in 2016. Trump denies wrongdoing (Washington Times).
🚨🚨 THIS IS NOT GOING AWAY
PASS IT ON👉
Attention Congress : Start the subpoenas.
'ACTING' judge Juan Merchan's daughter, Loren Merchan, was wired up to $93 M in donations from Democrat Party, during the Trump Trial.
Over $1 M from Rep Hakeem Jeffries of New York. Rep. Adam… pic.twitter.com/xYwdntPk8F— JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) June 2, 2024
The Supreme Court’s June presidential-immunity ruling requires Democrat Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan to declare a mistrial.
But Merchan once again ignores the clear law.
His daughter Loren could lose a lot of Democrat funding if her dad ruled any other way.
Clear corruption. pic.twitter.com/HLU1bQaTmK
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) December 17, 2024
Fox News: The ruling comes after President-elect Trump and his team in July requested Merchan overturn his guilty verdict in New York v. Trump, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents have immunity for official acts. Merchan ruled that the evidence presented in the trial was related “entirely to unofficial conduct and thus, receive no immunity protections” (Fox News).
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