It has been revealed that leftist judge Juan Manuel Merchan, who oversees President Trump’s sham case on junk felony charges, made political contributions to a nonprofit fundraising platform for Democratic candidates and progressive groups.
According to FEC data, Judge Juan Merchan from New York donated to Act Blue earmarked “Stop The Republicans” and “Biden For President.”
The fundraising platform Act Blue is the payment processor for the majority of Democrats’ political contributions in the 2020 campaign cycle, according to The DC Patriot.
Below are screenshots of Judge Juan Merchan’s political contributions via fec.gov:
Act Blue also raised money for Alvin Bragg’s campaign.
It was recently revealed that Juan Merchan’s daughter, Loren Merchan, is a Democrat who worked for Kamala Harris’ failed 2020 campaign and now serves as President of a company called Authentic Campaigns that lists the Biden-Harris Campaign as a client.
More about Juan Merchan from NPR:
Last year, Merchan oversaw the closely watched criminal tax fraud case against Trump’s company, which was ultimately found guilty by a Manhattan jury. Trump himself was not a defendant in that case.
Two business entities controlled by Trump were found guilty of 17 counts of tax fraud and falsifying business records and were ordered to pay the maximum penalty of $1.61 million.
During the proceedings, Merchan shut down the suggestion from the Trump Organization’s legal team that the case was a politically motivated prosecution against the former president and told attorneys to focus on the specific charges, CBS News reported.
“I will not allow you in any way to bring up a selective prosecution claim, or claim this is some sort of novel prosecution,” Merchan said.
President Trump is not a fan of Merchan and took to Truth Social last week to blast him:
This is a clear conflict of interest. Judge Merchan must recuse himself immediately.
