Joe Wilson shares why he invited Judge Merchan to Trump inauguration
First appeared on FOX: A top House Republican is so convinced that former President Trump’s recent conviction secured his reelection that he invited the Manhattan judge who oversaw the trial to his inauguration. Rep. Joe Wilson of Lausanne, a strong supporter of President Trump, slammed Friday’s guilty verdict against the former president as “irresponsible and […]
Attorneys On CNN Rip Juan Merchan For Throwing Constitution ‘Out A Window’ With ‘Bad’ Jury Instructions
Defense attorney Randy Zelin and former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore said on Friday that Judge Juan Merchan violated the U.S. Constitution with his instructions to the jury in former President Donald Trump’s trial. Merchan instructed the jury that it is not a requirement for them to be in unanimous agreement about what “other crime” Trump […]
Trump’s Defense Team May Have Taken A Few Wrong Turns, But Judge Merchan Doomed Them From The Start. Here’s How
With a judge who habitually ruled for the prosecution and an indictment backed by a legal theory even liberal commentators described as “clear as mud,” former President Donald Trump’s team stepped up to the lectern each day faced with the Sisyphean task of defending against a crime prosecutors failed to clearly articulate. Though multiple legal […]
MSNBC’s Weissmann Says He Has a ‘Man Crush’ on Judge Merchan
Former assistant federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann told MSNBC’s “The Andrea Mitchell Report” on Wednesday that he has a “man crush” on Judge Juan Marchan, who is presiding over former President Donald Trump’s New York business records trial. “In this case, and in many cases, there was a relationship of trust between the judge and the […]
Judge Merchan ‘Absolute Gentleman,’ ‘Judicial Perfection’ — ‘To See Him on that Stand Is to See Poetry’
Appearing on MSNBC’s recap of former President Donald Trump’s conviction, former national security adviser Michael Cohen, who is facing tough times as the prosecution’s main witness against Trump, praised New York Judge Juan Marchan, who presided over Trump’s trial. “How do you think Donald Trump feels right now in light of these verdicts?” MSNBC’s Rachel […]
Juan Merchan ‘Has Diminished the Credibility of Every Judge in America’
Shortly after Trump’s conviction on Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appeared on Newsmax TV to criticize the court for its handling of the case. He called it a “gross abuse” of the judicial system and warned that New York Judge Juan Marchan had “undermined the credibility of every judge in the country.” “I have two […]
Judge Merchan tells jurors they don’t need to agree on ‘unlawful means’ to convict Trump
The 12 jurors in the New York criminal case against former President Donald Trump began deliberations Wednesday following instructions on the law from Acting Judge Juan Merchan, according to a statement from the court. live update From the court. Former Assistant Attorney General John Yoo previouslyBlaze News He noted that the judge’s instructions to the […]
Sean Hannity blasts Judge Juan Merchan in NY v. Trump
Fox News host Sean Hannity described Judge Marchan’s decision in New York v. Trump as “Hannity” Sean Hannity: Judge Marchan Despite the lack of evidence of a crime, the prosecution is clearly trying to get the case over with by objecting and accepting irrelevant, immaterial and dishonest testimony, including misleading speculation that Cohen’s past campaign […]
‘I’ve Seen It Done’: Alan Dershowitz Speculates Merchan Is Prepared To Swap ‘One Juror’ Who ‘Won’t Give In’
Noted attorney Alan Dershowitz said on Wednesday that it is possible New York Judge Juan Merchan is not dismissing alternate jurors in order to deal with a holdout that will not convict former President Donald Trump. Merchan issued instructions to the jury of seven men and five women Wednesday, pointing them to some of the […]
Trump urges Judge Merchan to ‘save his reputation’ by dismissing trial
Former President Donald Trump, speaking outside a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday, said he would “save his reputation” if Judge Juan Marchand dismisses the New York v. Trump lawsuit. “The confusion is nobody knows what the crime is because there isn’t a crime. Nobody knows what the crime is. The prosecutors haven’t released the name of […]