The jury is now deliberating on the first-ever criminal trial in history of a former president of the United States.
And by every account, this case has displayed the most egregious use of lawfare against a political opponent the nation has ever seen.
Earlier, Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the hush-money case against the former president in
Manhattan, disclosed that his daughter, Loren Merchan, is president of Authentic Campaigns, a digital consulting firm that has worked on the campaigns of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other prominent Democrats,
according to CNN.
Two Democratic clients of Loren Merchan raised over $90 million, partly by using Trump's case in their solicitation emails, according to the
New York Post.
However, Merchan refused to recuse himself from the case.
Not only that, but he has also continuously undermined Trump's defense with his rulings and instructions.
Renowned lawyer
Alan Dershowitz wrote last week in the
New York Post, "In my 60 years as a lawyer and law professor, I have never seen a spectacle such as the one I observed sitting in the front row of the courthouse yesterday. The judge in Donald Trump’s trial was an absolute tyrant, though he appeared to the jury to be a benevolent despot. He seemed automatically to be ruling against the defendant at every turn."
But the final instructions to the jury by
Merchan take both the cake and the bakery and strip the proceedings of any facade of fairness -- not that there was much of that to begin with.
On Wednesday, Merchan determined that jurors will not need to unanimously agree on the underlying crime motivating the alleged falsification of business records Trump is accused of, according to Politico.
