On Tuesday, GOP Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY) submitted a complaint alleging misconduct to the New York State Unified Court System.
The complaint is related to the seemingly arbitrary assignment of Judge Juan Merchan, who is perceived as far-left radical and conflicted, to preside over Trump’s NYC ‘hush money’ trial.
“I just filed an official misconduct complaint with the New York State Unified Court System related to the “random” assignment of Acting Manhattan Justice Juan Merchan, a Biden donor whose daughter is fundraising millions off his unprecedented work, to criminal cases against President Donald J. Trump, his companies, and his allies.” Elise Stefanik said.
Loren Merchan, the daughter of the judge, is a left-leaning political activist who was involved in the Biden-Harris campaign.
The media has portrayed the 34-year-old as a child in an attempt to restrict Trump’s freedom of speech through a gag order.
Through her firm, Authentic Campaigns, Inc., Loren Merchan has received substantial funding from Democrats aiming to oppose Trump.
According to The New York Post, she assisted Democrats in raising $93 million based on her father’s situation.
Here is Rep. Stefanik’s judicial complaint:
Members of the Commission, and Madam Inspector General,
I am writing to alert you to potential misconduct by Justices and employees of the Supreme Court, Criminal Term, New York County.
The potential misconduct pertains to the repeated assignment of Acting Justice Juan Merchan, a Democrat Party donor, to criminal cases related to President Donald J. Trump and his allies. Acting Justice Merchan currently presides over the criminal case against President Trump brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Acting Justice Merchan also presided over the criminal trial against the Trump Organization and will be presiding over the criminal trial of Steve Bannon, a senior advisor in President Trump’s White House and a prominent advocate for President Trump.1
The website for the Supreme Court, Criminal Term, New York County does not provide a comprehensive list of every justice and acting justice sitting in the courthouse, but based on the courtroom directory there are at least 24 sitting justices on the court.2 Acting Justice Merchan is not even listed among them, one assumes, because of his status as an acting justice.
Section 200.11(c) of the Uniform Rules for New York State Trial Courts requires that criminal actions be assigned to a judge “pursuant to a method of random selection authorized by the Chief Administrator.” If justices were indeed being randomly assigned in the Criminal…
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