Juan Merchan
Removed inaccuracy; Trump was not President at the time of/during this case, therefor this Judge is not the first to indict a President nor is he the first to find a President in Criminal Contempt of Court.
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'''Juan Manuel Merchan'''{{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}} (born 1962/1963){{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}} is an American judge and former prosecutor. He is an acting justice of the [[New York Supreme Court|New York State Supreme Court]] in [[New York County]] (Manhattan). He presided over the [[Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York|2024 criminal trial of former US president Donald Trump]], in which Trump was found guilty by the jury. |
'''Juan Manuel Merchan'''{{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}} (born 1962/1963){{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}} is an American judge and former prosecutor. He is an acting justice of the [[New York Supreme Court|New York State Supreme Court]] in [[New York County]] (Manhattan). He presided over the [[Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York|2024 criminal trial of former US president Donald Trump]], in which Trump was found guilty by the jury. |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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