Dem clients of daughter of NY judge in Trump hush money trial raised $93M off the case
Published March 30, 2024,
Two major Democratic clients of the daughter of the judge overseeing Donald Trumpโs hush-money trial have raised at least $93 million in campaign donations โ and used the case in their solicitation emails โraising renewed concerns the jurist has a major conflict of interest.
Trumpโs attorneys are now considering filing another motion demanding Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan recuse himself from the trial set to begin April 15, sources said.
The judgeโs daughter, Loren Merchan, is president of Authentic Campaigns, a Chicago-based progressive political consulting firm whose top clients include California Rep. Adam Schiff, who was the lead prosecutor in Trumpโs first impeachment trial, and the Senate Majority PAC, a major party fundraiser.
Two major Democratic clients of the daughter of the judge overseeing Donald Trumpโs hush-money trial have raised at least $93 million in campaign donations โ and used the case in their solicitation emails โ raising renewed concerns the jurist has a major conflict of interest.
Trumpโs attorneys are now considering filing another motion demanding Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan recuse himself from the trial set to begin April 15, sources said.
The judgeโs daughter, Loren Merchan, is president of Authentic Campaigns, a Chicago-based progressive political consulting firm whose top clients include California Rep. Adam Schiff, who was the lead prosecutor in Trumpโs first impeachment trial, and the Senate Majority PAC, a major party fundraiser.
โAuthentic Campaigns, and thus the judgeโs daughter, is actively making money from this sham attack against President Trump, rendering Judge Merchan conflicted out,โ Trump spokesman Steven Cheung told The Post, adding that evidence of bias is even clearer now than it was in August when Merchan rejected Trumpโs first recusal motion.
โThe judge should do the right thing and immediately recuse himself in order to show the American people that the Democrats have not destroyed our justice system completely . . . him continuing to be involved in this Crooked Joe Biden-directed Witch Hunt is a complete violation of applicable rules, regulations and ethics.โ
Schiffโs campaign for US Senate scoredan eye-popping $20 millionin donations since he began soliciting donations off the presumptive GOP presidential frontrunnerโs unprecedented 34-count indictment last April, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to felony counts of falsifying business records related to alleged hush-money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.
He has denied having an affair with Daniels. If convicted, he faces up to four years in prison.
Schiffโs fundraising email began, โIt is a somber moment, and unprecedented for a former president to be indicted, but his alleged offenses are also unprecedented.โ
โTrump will respond as he always does โ playing the victim and blaming others for having the temerity to investigate him in the first place,โ Schiff continued in the email request to supporters for $10 donations last spring.
The Senate Majority political action committee, which supportsDemocratic Senate campaigns, pocketed $73.6 millionsince it also began firing off fundraising emails following the ex-presidentโs indictment.
โBREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump indicted by Manhattan grand jury This is an important moment for our democracy, but our work isnโt over,โ the group said in an email, Fox News reported.
โWe must continue protecting our Senate majority from GOP extremists. Please, rush in $10 (becomes $60) to help Defend the Senate.โ
The super PAC has done more than $15 million in business with Authentic since 2019, including email fundraising and branding assistance, while Schiffโs Senate campaign paid Authentic more than $10 million for digital advertising and other consulting services the past year, records show.
Constitutional and criminal law attorney Alan Dershowitz said if the judgeโs daughter is involved in anti-Trump politics, โthere seems to be a basis for recusal of the father.โ
โUnder the law, close relationships cansometimes constitute a basis for recusal,โ he told The Postโฆ
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