https://de.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=199.191.117.178Wikipedia - Benutzerbeiträge [de]2025-04-28T11:23:50ZBenutzerbeiträgeMediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.25https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juan_Merchan&diff=244126614Juan Merchan2024-03-25T16:38:48Z<p>199.191.117.178: Undid revision 1215518111 by 199.191.117.178 (talk)</p>
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<div>{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Juan Merchan<br />
| birth_name = Juan Manuel Merchan<br />
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|60|2023|3|31}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]<br />
| education = [[Baruch College]] ([[Bachelor of Business Administration|BBA]])<br>[[Hofstra University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])<br />
| office = [[Justice (title)|Justice]] of the [[New York Supreme Court]]<br />
| termstart = 2009<br />
| appointer = [[Ann Pfau]]<br />
| status = Acting<br />
}}<br />
{{Short description|NY State Supreme Court Justice}}<br />
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'''Juan Manuel Merchan'''<ref name="PROFILE">{{cite web |work=[[New York Law Journal]] |title=Judges Profiles: Juan Merchan |url=https://judges.newyorklawjournal.com/profile/Supreme_Court,_New_York_County,_Criminal/Juan_Merchan/Juan_Merchan-1023.xml |access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref> (born 1962/1963)<ref name="NBC">{{cite web |last1=Gregorian |first1=Dareh |last2=Reiss |first2=Adam |date=March 31, 2023 |title=Who's Judge Juan Merchan? Trump says he 'hates me' but lawyers say he's fair |publisher=[[NBC News]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/know-juan-merchan-judge-trump-indictment-case-rcna77611 |access-date=1 April 2023}}</ref> is an American judge and former prosecutor currently serving as an acting justice of the [[New York Supreme Court|New York State Supreme Court]] in [[New York County]] (Manhattan). Despite overseeing several cases relating to [[Donald Trump]], Merchan has been scrutinized for not recusing himself after a progressive outreach program unearthed that he donated to the Democratic Party and Trump's 2024 rival, [[President Biden]]. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Herb |first1=Jeremy |last2=Scannall |first2=Kara |date=April 6, 2023 |title=$35 political contribution to Democrats raises fresh scrutiny of Judge Merchan |publisher=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/politics/judge-merchan-trump-biden-contribution/index.html |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Merchan was born in [[Bogotá]], Colombia.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sharp |first1=Rachel |last2=Dodds |first2=Io |date=2023-03-31 |title=Juan Merchan: Who is the judge likely to try Trump's criminal case? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/juan-merchan-donald-trump-trial-b2311873.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=[[The Independent (London)|The Independent]]|language=en}}</ref> He immigrated to [[New York City]] when he was six years old, growing up in [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]], [[Queens]], as the youngest of six children. His father had been a military officer in Colombia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rashbaum |first1=William K. |last2=Bromwich |first2=Jonah E. |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Judge in Trump Company Trial Knew How to Read the Numbers |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/nyregion/trump-org-trial-judge.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2023}}</ref> Merchan studied business at [[Baruch College]] in [[Manhattan]], graduating in 1990, and earned his [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Hofstra University]] [[Maurice A. Deane School of Law|School of Law]] on [[Long Island]] in 1994.<ref name="NBC" /> He was the first member of his family to go to college.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kashiwagi |first=Sydney |date=April 1, 2023 |title=Meet the judge presiding over Trump's criminal arraignment |work=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/01/politics/judge-juan-merchan-donald-trump-arraignment/index.html |access-date=1 April 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Career as prosecutor==<br />
In 1994, Merchan began his career as an assistant district attorney in the [[Manhattan District Attorney's Office]].<ref name=Gold>{{cite news |last=Gold |first=Michael |date=2023-04-04 |title=This will be Justice Juan M. Merchan's second time overseeing a Trump case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/nyregion/judge-juan-merchan-trump.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref> He worked in both the office's Trial Division and its Investigations Division,<ref name= "PROFILE"/> prosecuting [[financial fraud]]s and other cases.<ref name=Gold/> From 1999 to 2006, he worked for the [[New York State Attorney General]]'s office, first as Deputy Attorney General in-Charge, [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] Region (1999-2001), then as Assistant Attorney General in-Charge of Affirmative Litigation for Nassau and [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk Counties]] (2003-2006), and then as Assistant Attorney General in-Charge Nassau County Region (2003-2006).<ref name="PROFILE"/><br />
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==Career as judge==<br />
Merchan became a judge in 2006, when New York City mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] appointed him to the [[New York Family Court|New York City Family Court]], [[Bronx County]].<ref name=Gold/> He remained in that role until 2009.<ref name="PROFILE"/> <br />
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Chief Administrative Judge [[Ann Pfau]] appointed Merchan as an Acting Justice in the [[Supreme Court of New York]], [[New York County]], Criminal, in 2009, and he has served on in that position since that time.<ref name="PROFILE" /> In this position, Merchan presides over [[felony]] criminal trials.<ref name="PROFILE" /><br />
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Merchan also previously served concurrently as a judge of the [[New York Court of Claims]], being appointed to that role by Governor [[David Paterson]] in 2009 and serving until 2018.<ref name="PROFILE"/><br />
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===Notable cases===<br />
In 2011, Merchan presided over the case of a [[New York Police Department]] sergeant William Eiseman, who admitted to conducting illegal searches and then lying about his actions in court. Eiseman pleaded guilty to first-degree [[perjury]] and official misconduct, and Merchan sentenced him to 24 days in jail; Eiseman also forfeited his pension.<ref>{{cite news |last=Eligon |first=John |date=2011-06-27 |title=Police Sergeant to Get Jail Term for Perjury and Illegal Searches |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/nyregion/nyc-police-sergeant-admits-illegal-searches-and-perjury.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Grace |first=Melissa |date=June 27, 2011 |title=NYPD Sgt. William Eiseman pleads guilty to lying under oath in plea deal |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/nypd-sgt-william-eiseman-pleads-guilty-lying-oath-plea-deal-article-1.129288 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref><br />
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In 2012, Merchan presided over the criminal proceedings against Anna Gristina, who was charged with operating an upscale prostitution ring on the [[Upper East Side]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnard |first1=Anne |author-link1=Anne Barnard |last2=Moynihan |first2=Colin |date=2012-03-07 |title=Charged as Madam, and Defended as Entrepreneur and Pig Rescuer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/nyregion/woman-charged-as-madam-has-powerful-ties-prosecutor-tells-judge.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref><ref name=RosenbergHighEnd>{{cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=Noah |date=2012-03-15 |title=New Lawyers for Woman Charged as High-End Madam |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/new-lawyers-for-woman-charged-as-high-end-madam/?pagemode=print |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref> Gristina and a co-defendant had been arrested in February 2012, after an investigation by the Manhattan DA's office.<ref name=RosenbergHighEnd/> Merchan set bail at a $2 million bond, or $1 million cash; because Gristina was unable to meet this amount, she was detained at [[Rikers Island]] jail for four months.<ref name=Buettner>{{cite news |last=Buettner |first=Russ |author-link=Russ Buettner |date=2012-06-13 |title=Woman Said to Be a Madam Wins a Big Cut in Her Bail |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/nyregion/bail-reduced-for-anna-gristina-reputed-east-side-madam.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref> The [[New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division|Appellate Division]] lowered Gristina's bail to $250,000 bond or $125,000 cash, on condition that she give up her passport and be electronically monitored.<ref name=Buettner/> The suburban-dwelling defendant&mdash;nicknamed the "Soccer Mom [[Procuring (prostitution)|Madam]]"&mdash;ultimately pleaded guilty to one count of promoting prostitution, and Merchan sentenced her to six months in jail, which amounted to [[time served|time already served]] due to the four months Gristina had spent at Rikers before being bailed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Buettner |first=Russ |author-link=Russ Buettner |date=2021-09-26 |title=Suburban Mother Pleads Guilty to Running a Brothel on the Upper East Side |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/nyregion/anna-gristina-pleads-guilty-in-prostitution-case.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[New York Times]]|access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Van Voris |first=Bob |date=2021-07-02 |title=Trump Judge Has Had Some Dramatic Cases, Like 'Soccer Mom Madam' |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-02/trump-judge-has-had-some-dramatic-cases-like-soccer-mom-madam |url-access=subscription |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref><br />
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In late 2022, Merchan oversaw the five-week [[New York criminal investigation of The Trump Organization|criminal trial of the Trump Organization]]; the organization was convicted of 17 counts of tax fraud.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hurtado |first1=Patricia |last2=Van Voris |first2=Bob |date=2023-03-31|title=Donald Trump is already attacking the judge handling his hush money case and spelling his name incorrectly |url=https://fortune.com/2023/03/31/donald-trump-judge-new-york-trial/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |language=en|others=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref><br />
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He also presided over the criminal case of [[Donald Trump]]'s former financial chief [[Allen Weisselberg]], who pleaded guilty to his role in a 15-year-long [[tax-fraud]] scheme.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Protess |first1=Ben |last2=Rashbaum |first2=William K. |last3=Bromwich |first3=Jonah E. |date=2022-08-15 |title=Trump Executive Nears Plea Deal With Manhattan Prosecutors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/nyregion/trump-weisselberg-plea-deal.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref><ref name=JailSentence>{{cite news |last1=Protess |first1=Ben |last2=Bromwich |first2=Jonah E. |last3=Rashbaum |first3=William K. |date=2023-01-10 |title=Trump's Longtime Finance Chief Sentenced to 5 Months in Jail |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/nyregion/trump-finance-chief-allen-weisselberg-sentenced.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2023-03-15}}</ref> Weisselberg admitted to evading taxes by accepting $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation and entered a plea agreement, in which he testified against The Trump Organization and helped to secure the company's conviction.<ref>{{cite news |last=SIsak |first= Michael R. |date=2022-08-18 |title=Trump executive pleads guilty in tax case, agrees to testify |url=https://apnews.com/article/allen-weisselberg-trump-cfo-plea-deal-e36dbd47ee3b0323e1fa102117718011 |work=[[AP News]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref> Merchan sentenced Weisselberg to five months at Rikers Island and said he would have imposed a substantially longer sentence but for the plea agreement.<ref name=JailSentence/><br />
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Merchan is the judge assigned to preside over the criminal trial of [[Steve Bannon]], a former Trump adviser who was indicted in September 2022 on charges of fraud and [[money laundering]] in [[We Build the Wall|connection with a fundraising scheme]]. The case is set for trial in May 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scannell |first1=Kara |title=Trial date set for Steve Bannon's fundraising fraud case |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/politics/steve-bannon-trial-date/index.html |access-date=March 2, 2024 |date=May 25, 2023|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref><br />
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On April 4, 2023, Merchan oversaw the [[Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York|arraignment]] of former [[U.S. president]] Donald Trump on 34 felony counts.<ref name="brom">{{cite news |last1=Bromwich |first1=Jonah E. |last2=Rashbaum |first2= William K. |last3=Protess |first3=Ben |last4=Haberman |first4=Maggie |author-link4= Maggie Haberman |title=From President to Defendant: Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 34 Felonies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/nyregion/trump-arraignment-felony-charges.html |access-date=5 April 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 April 2023}}</ref> The [[indictment]] of Trump, delivered by a [[grand jury]] on March 30, was unsealed the same day, with Trump pleading not guilty.<ref name=brom/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:People from Bogotá]]</div>199.191.117.178https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juan_Merchan&diff=244126613Juan Merchan2024-03-25T16:37:54Z<p>199.191.117.178: Removed line insinuating judge should recuse himself, when the article cited explicitly notes that it "does not come anywhere near the kind of proof required for recusal."</p>
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<div>{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Juan Merchan<br />
| birth_name = Juan Manuel Merchan<br />
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|60|2023|3|31}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]<br />
| education = [[Baruch College]] ([[Bachelor of Business Administration|BBA]])<br>[[Hofstra University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])<br />
| office = [[Justice (title)|Justice]] of the [[New York Supreme Court]]<br />
| termstart = 2009<br />
| appointer = [[Ann Pfau]]<br />
| status = Acting<br />
}}<br />
{{Short description|NY State Supreme Court Justice}}<br />
<br />
'''Juan Manuel Merchan'''<ref name="PROFILE">{{cite web |work=[[New York Law Journal]] |title=Judges Profiles: Juan Merchan |url=https://judges.newyorklawjournal.com/profile/Supreme_Court,_New_York_County,_Criminal/Juan_Merchan/Juan_Merchan-1023.xml |access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref> (born 1962/1963)<ref name="NBC">{{cite web |last1=Gregorian |first1=Dareh |last2=Reiss |first2=Adam |date=March 31, 2023 |title=Who's Judge Juan Merchan? Trump says he 'hates me' but lawyers say he's fair |publisher=[[NBC News]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/know-juan-merchan-judge-trump-indictment-case-rcna77611 |access-date=1 April 2023}}</ref> is an American judge and former prosecutor currently serving as an acting justice of the [[New York Supreme Court|New York State Supreme Court]] in [[New York County]] (Manhattan). <br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Merchan was born in [[Bogotá]], Colombia.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sharp |first1=Rachel |last2=Dodds |first2=Io |date=2023-03-31 |title=Juan Merchan: Who is the judge likely to try Trump's criminal case? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/juan-merchan-donald-trump-trial-b2311873.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=[[The Independent (London)|The Independent]]|language=en}}</ref> He immigrated to [[New York City]] when he was six years old, growing up in [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]], [[Queens]], as the youngest of six children. His father had been a military officer in Colombia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rashbaum |first1=William K. |last2=Bromwich |first2=Jonah E. |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Judge in Trump Company Trial Knew How to Read the Numbers |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/nyregion/trump-org-trial-judge.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2023}}</ref> Merchan studied business at [[Baruch College]] in [[Manhattan]], graduating in 1990, and earned his [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Hofstra University]] [[Maurice A. Deane School of Law|School of Law]] on [[Long Island]] in 1994.<ref name="NBC" /> He was the first member of his family to go to college.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kashiwagi |first=Sydney |date=April 1, 2023 |title=Meet the judge presiding over Trump's criminal arraignment |work=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/01/politics/judge-juan-merchan-donald-trump-arraignment/index.html |access-date=1 April 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Career as prosecutor==<br />
In 1994, Merchan began his career as an assistant district attorney in the [[Manhattan District Attorney's Office]].<ref name=Gold>{{cite news |last=Gold |first=Michael |date=2023-04-04 |title=This will be Justice Juan M. Merchan's second time overseeing a Trump case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/nyregion/judge-juan-merchan-trump.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref> He worked in both the office's Trial Division and its Investigations Division,<ref name= "PROFILE"/> prosecuting [[financial fraud]]s and other cases.<ref name=Gold/> From 1999 to 2006, he worked for the [[New York State Attorney General]]'s office, first as Deputy Attorney General in-Charge, [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] Region (1999-2001), then as Assistant Attorney General in-Charge of Affirmative Litigation for Nassau and [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk Counties]] (2003-2006), and then as Assistant Attorney General in-Charge Nassau County Region (2003-2006).<ref name="PROFILE"/><br />
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==Career as judge==<br />
Merchan became a judge in 2006, when New York City mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] appointed him to the [[New York Family Court|New York City Family Court]], [[Bronx County]].<ref name=Gold/> He remained in that role until 2009.<ref name="PROFILE"/> <br />
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Chief Administrative Judge [[Ann Pfau]] appointed Merchan as an Acting Justice in the [[Supreme Court of New York]], [[New York County]], Criminal, in 2009, and he has served on in that position since that time.<ref name="PROFILE" /> In this position, Merchan presides over [[felony]] criminal trials.<ref name="PROFILE" /><br />
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Merchan also previously served concurrently as a judge of the [[New York Court of Claims]], being appointed to that role by Governor [[David Paterson]] in 2009 and serving until 2018.<ref name="PROFILE"/><br />
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===Notable cases===<br />
In 2011, Merchan presided over the case of a [[New York Police Department]] sergeant William Eiseman, who admitted to conducting illegal searches and then lying about his actions in court. Eiseman pleaded guilty to first-degree [[perjury]] and official misconduct, and Merchan sentenced him to 24 days in jail; Eiseman also forfeited his pension.<ref>{{cite news |last=Eligon |first=John |date=2011-06-27 |title=Police Sergeant to Get Jail Term for Perjury and Illegal Searches |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/nyregion/nyc-police-sergeant-admits-illegal-searches-and-perjury.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Grace |first=Melissa |date=June 27, 2011 |title=NYPD Sgt. William Eiseman pleads guilty to lying under oath in plea deal |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/nypd-sgt-william-eiseman-pleads-guilty-lying-oath-plea-deal-article-1.129288 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref><br />
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In 2012, Merchan presided over the criminal proceedings against Anna Gristina, who was charged with operating an upscale prostitution ring on the [[Upper East Side]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnard |first1=Anne |author-link1=Anne Barnard |last2=Moynihan |first2=Colin |date=2012-03-07 |title=Charged as Madam, and Defended as Entrepreneur and Pig Rescuer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/nyregion/woman-charged-as-madam-has-powerful-ties-prosecutor-tells-judge.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref><ref name=RosenbergHighEnd>{{cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=Noah |date=2012-03-15 |title=New Lawyers for Woman Charged as High-End Madam |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/new-lawyers-for-woman-charged-as-high-end-madam/?pagemode=print |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref> Gristina and a co-defendant had been arrested in February 2012, after an investigation by the Manhattan DA's office.<ref name=RosenbergHighEnd/> Merchan set bail at a $2 million bond, or $1 million cash; because Gristina was unable to meet this amount, she was detained at [[Rikers Island]] jail for four months.<ref name=Buettner>{{cite news |last=Buettner |first=Russ |author-link=Russ Buettner |date=2012-06-13 |title=Woman Said to Be a Madam Wins a Big Cut in Her Bail |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/nyregion/bail-reduced-for-anna-gristina-reputed-east-side-madam.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref> The [[New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division|Appellate Division]] lowered Gristina's bail to $250,000 bond or $125,000 cash, on condition that she give up her passport and be electronically monitored.<ref name=Buettner/> The suburban-dwelling defendant&mdash;nicknamed the "Soccer Mom [[Procuring (prostitution)|Madam]]"&mdash;ultimately pleaded guilty to one count of promoting prostitution, and Merchan sentenced her to six months in jail, which amounted to [[time served|time already served]] due to the four months Gristina had spent at Rikers before being bailed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Buettner |first=Russ |author-link=Russ Buettner |date=2021-09-26 |title=Suburban Mother Pleads Guilty to Running a Brothel on the Upper East Side |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/nyregion/anna-gristina-pleads-guilty-in-prostitution-case.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[New York Times]]|access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Van Voris |first=Bob |date=2021-07-02 |title=Trump Judge Has Had Some Dramatic Cases, Like 'Soccer Mom Madam' |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-02/trump-judge-has-had-some-dramatic-cases-like-soccer-mom-madam |url-access=subscription |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref><br />
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In late 2022, Merchan oversaw the five-week [[New York criminal investigation of The Trump Organization|criminal trial of the Trump Organization]]; the organization was convicted of 17 counts of tax fraud.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hurtado |first1=Patricia |last2=Van Voris |first2=Bob |date=2023-03-31|title=Donald Trump is already attacking the judge handling his hush money case and spelling his name incorrectly |url=https://fortune.com/2023/03/31/donald-trump-judge-new-york-trial/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |language=en|others=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref><br />
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He also presided over the criminal case of [[Donald Trump]]'s former financial chief [[Allen Weisselberg]], who pleaded guilty to his role in a 15-year-long [[tax-fraud]] scheme.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Protess |first1=Ben |last2=Rashbaum |first2=William K. |last3=Bromwich |first3=Jonah E. |date=2022-08-15 |title=Trump Executive Nears Plea Deal With Manhattan Prosecutors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/nyregion/trump-weisselberg-plea-deal.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref><ref name=JailSentence>{{cite news |last1=Protess |first1=Ben |last2=Bromwich |first2=Jonah E. |last3=Rashbaum |first3=William K. |date=2023-01-10 |title=Trump's Longtime Finance Chief Sentenced to 5 Months in Jail |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/nyregion/trump-finance-chief-allen-weisselberg-sentenced.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2023-03-15}}</ref> Weisselberg admitted to evading taxes by accepting $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation and entered a plea agreement, in which he testified against The Trump Organization and helped to secure the company's conviction.<ref>{{cite news |last=SIsak |first= Michael R. |date=2022-08-18 |title=Trump executive pleads guilty in tax case, agrees to testify |url=https://apnews.com/article/allen-weisselberg-trump-cfo-plea-deal-e36dbd47ee3b0323e1fa102117718011 |work=[[AP News]] |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref> Merchan sentenced Weisselberg to five months at Rikers Island and said he would have imposed a substantially longer sentence but for the plea agreement.<ref name=JailSentence/><br />
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Merchan is the judge assigned to preside over the criminal trial of [[Steve Bannon]], a former Trump adviser who was indicted in September 2022 on charges of fraud and [[money laundering]] in [[We Build the Wall|connection with a fundraising scheme]]. The case is set for trial in May 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scannell |first1=Kara |title=Trial date set for Steve Bannon's fundraising fraud case |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/politics/steve-bannon-trial-date/index.html |access-date=March 2, 2024 |date=May 25, 2023|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref><br />
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On April 4, 2023, Merchan oversaw the [[Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York|arraignment]] of former [[U.S. president]] Donald Trump on 34 felony counts.<ref name="brom">{{cite news |last1=Bromwich |first1=Jonah E. |last2=Rashbaum |first2= William K. |last3=Protess |first3=Ben |last4=Haberman |first4=Maggie |author-link4= Maggie Haberman |title=From President to Defendant: Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 34 Felonies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/nyregion/trump-arraignment-felony-charges.html |access-date=5 April 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 April 2023}}</ref> The [[indictment]] of Trump, delivered by a [[grand jury]] on March 30, was unsealed the same day, with Trump pleading not guilty.<ref name=brom/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists]]<br />
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