Published April 3, 2024
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s trial should recuse himself for his “clear judicial bias,” says Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.
“Democrat Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan, who donated to [President Joe] Biden’s campaign and another anti-Trump cause in 2020, has a clear judicial bias against President Trump,” Stefanik wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Merchan’s adult daughter is a Democrat political operative who has financially benefited from her father’s unprecedented trial of President Trump. When Trump raised this additional evidence of Judge Merchan’s bias, Merchan retaliated by expanding his unconstitutional gag order on Trump.
The law and common sense absolutely requires Judge Merchan’s recusal from President Trump’s trial,” she added.
“We cannot allow a biased, far-left activist judge to strip the American people of our constitutional right to select their own leaders.”
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SOURCE: www.newsmax.com
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Published April 3, 2024
Rep. Elise Stefanik called on New York Judge Juan Merchan to recuse himself from Donald Trump’s hush money case for having a “clear judicial bias” against the former president.
“Democrat Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan, who donated to Biden’s campaign and another anti-Trumpcause in 2020, has a clear judicial bias against President Trump. Merchan’s adult daughter is a Democrat political operative who has financially benefited from her father’s unprecedented trial of President Trump,” Ms. Stefanik, New York Republican, said in a statement Wednesday.
“When Trump raised this additional evidence of Judge Merchan’s bias, Merchan retaliated by expanding his unconstitutional gag order on Trump,” the House GOP Conference chairwoman added. “The law and commonsense absolutely require Judge Merchan’s recusal from President Trump’s trial. We cannot allow a biased, far-left activist judge to strip the American people of our constitutional right to select [our] own leaders.”
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SOURCE: www.washingtontimes.com
RELATED: House GOP chair demands Trump hush-money judge recuse himself after latest gag order, claims ‘judicial bias’
Rep. Elise Stefanik accuses Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan of ‘clear judicial bias,’ demands he step away from Trump hush-money case
Published April 3, 2024
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., in a statement to Fox News Digital, called on a New York City judge to rescue himself from former President Trump’s upcoming April 15 hush-money criminal trial, while also hammering the judge’s “Democrat political operative” daughter, who the third top-ranking House Republican accuses of financially benefiting from the case.
“Democrat Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan, who donated to Biden’s campaign and another anti-Trump cause in 2020, has a clear judicial bias against President Trump,” Stefanik, the House Republican Conference chair, said late Tuesday. “Merchan’s adult daughter is a Democrat political operative who has financially benefited from her father’s unprecedented trial of President Trump.”
“When Trump raised this additional evidence of Judge Merchan’s bias, Merchan retaliated by expanding his unconstitutional gag order on Trump,” Stefanik added. “The law and common sense absolutely requires Judge Merchan’s recusal from President Trump’s trial. We cannot allow a biased, far-left activist judge to strip the American people of our constitutional right to select [our] own leaders.”
Merchan on Monday amended a week-old gag order banning Trump from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and others connected with the case after the presumptive Republican presidential nominee lashed out at Merchan’s adult daughter, Democratic political consultant Loren Merchan, in several posts on his Truth Social platform last week.
