{"id":199942,"date":"2023-04-05T06:23:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=199942"},"modified":"2023-04-05T06:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:23:25","slug":"meet-the-judge-in-charge-of-trumps-criminal-case-a-biden-donor-with-ties-to-kamala-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2023\/04\/05\/meet-the-judge-in-charge-of-trumps-criminal-case-a-biden-donor-with-ties-to-kamala-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Judge in Charge of Trump&#8217;s Criminal Case &#8211; A Biden Donor with Ties to Kamala Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_199943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199943\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Judge-Juan-Merchan.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Judge-Juan-Merchan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-199943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Judge-Juan-Merchan.png 627w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Judge-Juan-Merchan-300x296.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-199943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judge Juan Merchan presiding during the Trump Organization&#8217;s criminal tax trial.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Acting New York County <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmon.com\/search\/vod?term=Supreme+Court\">Supreme Court<\/a> Justice Juan Manuel Merchan, the judge presiding over former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmon.com\/search\/vod?term=donald+trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s criminal case, has raised eyebrows due to his political affiliations. Merchan donated to ActBlue in the summer of 2020, with one of his contributions being earmarked for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmon.com\/search\/vod?term=Joe+Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>&#8216;s 2020 campaign. He also donated to the Progressive Turnout Project (PTP) and its sub-project Stop Republicans, which is dedicated to &#8220;resisting&#8221; Trump and the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Merchan&#8217;s daughter Loren once worked for Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s presidential campaign and now runs a consulting company that counts the Biden-Harris campaign as a client.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Daughter of Judge on Trump Case Worked on Biden-Harris Campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lJVxqkYOCL\">https:\/\/t.co\/lJVxqkYOCL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamTrump\/status\/1643288858199482368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>This news has sparked concerns among Trump supporters and Republicans who worry that Merchan&#8217;s political leanings could impact the outcome of the case. As the legal proceedings continue, all eyes will be on Merchan and how he handles the high-profile case involving the former president. Stay tuned for further updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting New York County Supreme Court Justice Juan Manuel Merchan, the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump&#8216;s criminal case, has raised eyebrows due to his political affiliations. Merchan donated to ActBlue in the summer of 2020, with one of his contributions being earmarked for President Joe Biden&#8216;s 2020 campaign. 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Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster \u2014 participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA \u2014 reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. 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