It's funny that in the whole of that, all you get is one paragraph about the judge giving money
""The judge donated money — a tiny amount, $35, but in plain violation of a rule prohibiting New York judges from making political donations of any kind — to a pro-Biden, anti-Trump political operation, including funds that the judge earmarked for ‘resisting the Republican Party and Donald Trump’s radical right-wing legacy,’" Honig wrote. "Would folks have been just fine with the judge staying on the case if he had donated a couple bucks to ‘Re-elect Donald Trump, MAGA forever!’? Absolutely not.""
Doesn't say WHEN he donated this. Doesn't really do anything other than say "he gave money" and "It's against the rules".
The judge presiding in former President Donald Trump’s hush-money election-interference trial received a written letter of caution last year because of $35 in Democratic political donations that he made in 2020.
www.abajournal.com
"The judge presiding in former President Donald Trump’s
hush-money election-interference trial received a written letter of caution last year because of $35 in Democratic political donations that he made in 2020."
So it happened 4 years ago. He's been cautioned about it.
"The judge,
Judge Juan Merchan, gave $35 to the Democratic group ActBlue, earmarking $15 for Biden for President and $10 each to the Progressive Turnout Project and Stop Republicans, according to
Reuters, which broke the news about the caution."
en.wikipedia.org
"ActBlue does not endorse individual candidates."
It says it was earmarked for Biden, but actually it just went into the pot.
Also there's nothing in the trial to suggest he was biased, except the rantings of Trump, which are, for the most part, ignorance at the law.