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Ex-President Donald Trump (76) must answer in court in New York from Tuesday. The process is complex and there is a lot of interest in it.
Judge Juan Merchan will preside over the trial. The 60-year-old American with Colombian roots is considered to be very experienced and harsh in his judgments. Connoisseurs describe him as honest in his dealings, even when there are exposed people in front of him.
In 1994, he began his career as an assistant district attorney in the litigation division of the Manhattan Attorney’s Office. He was the first in his family to attend university. That reports CNN.
30 years later, Mercan has reached the legal top. He is a judge on the New York Supreme Court. And no stranger to Trump. He sentenced his close confidant Allen Weisselberg (75) to five months in prison. He also led the Trump Organization trial for tax fraud. In the lawsuit against former Trump adviser Steve Bannon (69), he worked as a supervisor.
Trump speaks of political witch hunts
Now comes the climax with the indictment of Donald Trump. The meeting with the judge has already been fueled on social media by Donald Trump himself. He never gets tired of scratching the lawyer’s name in public. He personally attacked Mercan several times. The ex-president says the judge would “hate him anyway” and would go into the hearing “biased”. A “political witch hunt is taking place”.
The judge has an unparalleled reputation. According to experts, Merchan does not tolerate any form of disorder, does not tolerate any problem behavior and affected persons are immediately removed from the courtroom. Trump, who likes to get loud, has bad cards.
‘He will not allow a media circus’
Lawyers who have dealt with Merchan in the past also reported respectful behavior and equal rules for all, even behind closed doors. A renowned New York lawyer told CNN he would certainly not allow a media frenzy in the high-profile Trump case either. And indeed: no cameras are allowed during the reading of the indictment. (A)
Source: Blick
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