New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik argued in a letter that Judge Juan Merchan's assignment to the NY v. Trump case may not have been 'random.'
New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik sent a letter to New York officials arguing there may have been 'misconduct' within the New York Supreme Court system to ensure Judge Juan Merchan presided over the unprecedented NY v. Trump trial.
Stefanik said in her complaint last week that she learned that the New York State Commission on Judiciary Conduct 'privately cautioned in July over his illegal political donations to Biden and Democrats in 2020.' 'This private caution has not deterred Judge Merchan’s judicial misconduct, as evidenced by this current complaint,' she wrote. 'Judge Merchan appears driven by Democrat partisanship and financial gain for his daughter.
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