The sentencing for former President Donald Trump in the Manhattan criminal case is scheduled for September 18. Despite this, Trump’s legal team has made multiple attempts to have Judge Juan Merchan recuse himself from the case.
One of the main reasons cited is that the judge’s daughter, Loren, has provided consulting services to prominent Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris, creating a potential conflict of interest.
However, Judge Merchan has rejected these requests to recuse himself.
Meanwhile, the House Judiciary Committee has been investigating what appears to be a politically motivated prosecution of the former president.
As part of this investigation, Committee Chair Jim Jordan has issued a subpoena to the judge’s daughter.
Jordan sent a letter to Michael Nellis, the founder and CEO of Authentic Campaigns – a company that’s done political work for top Democratic clients like President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris – accusing him of failing to comply with House investigators’ demands for any and all documents related to the prosecution of former President Trump.
The committee wrote to Loren Merchan earlier this month requesting documents in its probe into Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump.
Jordan pointed out in his Wednesday letter that Nellis himself rejected that request as well as a subsequent one later in the month.
“As such, the Committee is left with no choice but to resort to compulsory process,” Jordan wrote. “Popularly elected prosecutors, such as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, have engaged in an unprecedented abuse of authority by prosecuting a former President of the United States and current nominee for that office. Of relevance to the Committee’s oversight is the impartiality of Judge Juan Merchan, the presiding trial judge, due to his refusal to recuse himself from the case in light of his apparent conflicts of interest and biases.”
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“During Ms. Merchan’s employment with the Harris campaign, Authentic Campaigns received over $7 million in compensation for its services. You also worked for then-presidential candidate Harris and it appears you continue to do so. Authentic Campaigns conducted work for the 2020 Biden-Harris campaign and, according to public records, was paid just over $2 million in a one-month period for its work,” he wrote.
The House Judiciary GOP shared a copy of the front page of the letter to its account on X.
SUBPOENAED. https://t.co/k77FbArWBm pic.twitter.com/afbGJb0VLh
— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) August 28, 2024
Nellis has until September 13 to comply with the subpoena.
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