The file
In January 2025 he sentenced Donald Trump ten days before the oath. He had already kept People v. Trump, indictment 71543/2023, through three recusal denials and a gag. The ethics shop said impartiality could not reasonably be questioned. He stayed.
The following is commentary by this site. It is not a finding of fact and not a legal conclusion.
Compiler take
Juan Merchan is scum. He is in bed with Adam Schiff. Schiff is a criminal. That is this site’s take. It is not an indictment, not a conviction, and not a docket.
100 Centre Street Criminal Courts Building, 5 February 2013. Beyond My Ken. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recusal III · documented
Third denial. His sentence: innuendo does not a conflict create. Epoch Times, Examiner, OANN. Same daughter, same firm, new nominee. He stayed.
Joe Biden, official White House photograph, 3 March 2021. Adam Schultz. U.S. government work.
FEC
FEC receipts: $15 Biden for President, $10 Progressive Turnout Project, $10 Stop Republicans. Occupation: judge. The ethics panel later called them de minimis.
Donald J. Trump, official White House portrait, 6 October 2017. Shealah Craighead. U.S. government work.
Prior docket
Daily Wire on the Trump Organization fine and the new assignment. The February 2024 decision recites the 34-count indictment number. Reporting plus the later court PDF.
New York State Capitol, Albany. Dugward. CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ethics opinion
Opinion 23-54: modest contributions and a relative's political shop, on the facts given, not a reasonable basis to question impartiality. Advisory opinion. Not a trial finding.
Recusal I
First recusal denial, August 11, 2023. Slip Op 51485(U). Failed to demonstrate concrete, or even realistic reasons. His words. The motion was denied.
100 Centre Street Criminal Courts Building, 5 February 2013. Beyond My Ken. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Omnibus
Signed February 15, 2024 decision. Indictment 71543/2023. 34 counts, PL 175.10. Pre-indictment delay denied. The PDF is on nycourts.gov.
Gag order
March 26 gag order. April 1 amendment: families of the court and the DA. The scans exist. RealClearPolitics then ran commentary. Commentary is not the order.
Elise Stefanik, official 115th Congress portrait. U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. government work.
Allegation
House statement, April 3, 2024. Examiner and Just the News on the judicial-conduct complaint. Allegation. Not a finding of bias.
Epoch Times
Epoch Times on the April filing. Defense papers: financial and reputational benefit. Reporting. The denial came ten days later.
Recusal II
Day one of trial. Second recusal denied. Just the News and Fox. The first denial was August 2023. This one was oral on the record, as they reported it.
Jim Jordan, official House portrait. U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. government work.
House letter
House Judiciary PDF, August 1, 2024. Addressed to Loren Merchan, President, Authentic Campaigns. Jordan's claims. Not a Merchan order.
New York State Capitol, Albany. Dugward. CC BY-SA 3.0.
Disclosures
Fox, September 5, 2024: AFL sued over financial disclosures. Reporting of a lawsuit. Not a court finding of concealment.
Donald J. Trump, official White House portrait, 6 October 2017. Shealah Craighead. U.S. government work.
Sentence
Federalist on the January 10 date. RCP ran a remarks excerpt. Daily Wire: stay denied. Prefer an official transcript if one is posted. None is invented here.