Who Is Justice Juan Merchan, The Judge Overseeing Donald Trump’s New York Criminal Trial
Judge Merchan in 2022 presided over a criminal trial of the Trump Organization. After Donald Trump lost a last-ditch bid to delay the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president, he lashed out at the New York judge overseeing the case: Justice Juan Merchan. “Judge Juan Merchan is totally compromised,” Trump wrote on March…