He came to the United States from Colombia with his family, has been working since he was nine years old and has been on the New York Supreme Court since 2009. Trump accuses him of persecution, prosecutors say it is fair.
He has been working since he was nine years old, is the first member of the family to earn a college degree, has handled several high-profile cases, and is meticulous to the point of “reading every footnote.” This is Juan Merchan, the New York Supreme Court judge who has already worked on cases related to the Trump universe and now has in his hands the accusation against Donald Trump himself, related to the alleged payment he will have made for the silence of the porn actress Stormy Daniels.
Juan Merchan is, as reported by the American press, an experienced judge, who began his career as an auditor before entering the court world in 1994 as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan, and has been a New York Supreme Court Justice since 2009. She is 60 years old.
And he has dealt with cases from the Trump universe before: he was responsible for the prison sentence against Trump’s confidant, Allen Wisselberg, as CNN recalls, in addition to having participated in the trial of the Trump Organization for tax fraud (the sentence it was a fine). of 1.6 million dollars, or 1.4 million euros) and having been the supervisor of the criminal fraud case against the former strategist of former president Steve Bannon.
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Source: Observadora
