- Trump contended last week that Merchan was “hand-picked” by Bragg to preside over the case and said that Merchan “hates” him in a post to his social media platform Truth Social.
- Another all-caps post to Truth Social on Tuesday morning asserted that Merchan is “highly partisan” and contended that his family is composed of “well known Trump haters.”
- Merchan, a Colombian-born immigrant who moved to the United States as a 6-year-old, earned a law degree from Hofstra University in 1994, according to a report from the Associated Press.
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