{"id":1902936,"date":"2023-03-22T13:13:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-who-oversaw-trump-organization-cfo-case-may-get-manhattan-trump-investigation-report\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T13:19:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:19:12","slug":"judge-who-oversaw-trump-organization-cfo-case-may-get-manhattan-trump-investigation-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-who-oversaw-trump-organization-cfo-case-may-get-manhattan-trump-investigation-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge who oversaw Trump Organization CFO case may get Manhattan Trump investigation: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-who-oversaw-trump-organization-cfo-case-may-get-manhattan-trump-investigation-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1902936&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79492491\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Democrats ready to charge ahead as possible Trump indictment looms\"><br \/>\n                <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Democrats have a reputation for hand-wringing, but party strategists say a possible indictment of former President Donald Trump is not the time to do so. Democrats are concerned a New York state grand jury indicting Trump for covering up hush money payments his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, made to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 in exchange for her silence about their alleged affair will overshadow or jeopardize other investigations being conducted by Georgia state prosecutors and federal authorities, specifically the inquiries into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. There are also worries Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will overcomplicate the case by alleging a $130,000 six-year-old felony was committed and by relying on convicted liar Cohen after his federal counterparts declined to prosecute.\"><br \/>\n                <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M8S\"><br \/>\n                <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-22 13:39:56\"><br \/>\n                <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1267108_th_641b0576ac166_1679492470.jpg\"><br \/>\n                <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1267108.mp4\">\n            <\/div>\n<p>            <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n                var _bp = _bp || [];\n                _bp.push({\n                    \"div\": \"Brid_79492491\",\n                    \"obj\": {\n                        \"id\": \"27789\",\n                        \"width\": \"16\",\n                        \"height\": \"9\",\n                        \"video\": \"1267108\"\n                    }\n                });\n            <\/script><br \/>\n            <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">T<\/span>he New York judge who presided over the Trump Organization criminal trial may take charge of the trial involving former President Donald Trump&#8217;s hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>If the former president is indicted by a grand jury, State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan will oversee the Trump case.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan already presided over the tax fraud case against Allen Weisselberg, Chief Financial Officer of the Trump Organization, and the case against the Trump Organization for similar charges. Weisselberg pleaded guilty and has to pay $2 million in taxes, penalties, and interest, and was also sentenced to five months in prison. The Trump Organization was fined $1.6 million, the maximum amount for the crime.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating to see if Trump falsified business records by listing $130,000 as a reimbursement paid to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen for paying off porn star Stormy Daniels to stay silent as a legal expense. Falsifying business records in that way is a misdemeanor in New York, but it can be upgraded to a felony charge if the district attorney&#8217;s office can successfully argue that the falsification was done to conceal a second crime.<\/p>\n<p>The Manhattan grand jury has not yet voted on whether to indict Trump, but a new report says that the grand jury may not vote on charges until Thursday or sometime next week.<\/p>\n<p>Reports initially appeared on Saturday that Trump might be indicted in Manhattan, with Trump posting on his social media platform Truth Social that he believed he would be arrested on Tuesday. The former president was not arrested on Tuesday but could be arrested if he is indicted by the grand jury.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York judge who presided over the Trump Organization criminal trial is in line to oversee the trial involving former President Donald Trump&#8217;s hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. 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