{"id":2337944,"date":"2024-09-06T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-judge-handling-trump-case-hit-with-new-ethics-inquiry-request-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T14:16:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T18:16:57","slug":"new-york-judge-handling-trump-case-hit-with-new-ethics-inquiry-request-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-judge-handling-trump-case-hit-with-new-ethics-inquiry-request-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"New York judge handling Trump case hit with new ethics inquiry request &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fnew-york-judge-handling-trump-case-hit-with-new-ethics-inquiry-request-washington-examiner%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=2337944&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--><p>House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is advocating\u2064 for a new\u2063 investigation \u2063into Judge Juan Merchan, who presides over former President \u2063Donald Trump\u2019s criminal trial in New York. Stefanik&#8217;s call for inquiry stems from \u2062allegations that Merchan\u2019s daughter\u200b is exploiting \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-want-garland-hearing-to-clarify-hunter-biden-prosecutorial-authority\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans seek Garland hearing to clarify Hunter Biden&#039;s prosecutorial authority.\">high-profile\u2063 case<\/a> for financial gain through\u200c her fundraising agency,\u2064 Authentic Campaigns. <\/p>\n<p>In an ethics complaint submitted to the New York\u2064 State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Stefanik claims\u200d that new information, particularly campaign \u200dfinance\u200b reports showing that Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign has utilized Merchan&#8217;s daughter&#8217;s services, \u2063warrants\u2063 a reevaluation of the judge&#8217;s\u200c potential conflict of\u200d interest. This follows a previous investigation request by Stefanik\u200b that was\u200b dismissed by the commission. She argues that the prior bodies reviewing the case could not\u200d have considered this new\u2063 evidence,\u2064 suggesting that it is significant enough\u200b to merit\u200d further scrutiny.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Stefanik revives investigation request into New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">judge overseeing<\/a> Trump case<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1746008\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Republican Conference Chairwoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elise-stefanik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Elise Stefanik<\/a> (R-NY) is pushing for an inquiry into the judge overseeing former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s criminal trial in New York over allegations that his daughter is using the criminal indictment for personal financial gain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eliseforcongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NYSCOJC-complaint-Merchan-New-Evidence.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>In an ethics complaint<\/a> submitted Friday to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Stefanik pressed the board to reconsider opening an investigation into Judge Juan Merchan over allegations that his daughter is leveraging Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-bid-to-block-michael-cohens-and-stormy-danielss-testimony-denied\/\" title=\"Court Denies Trump&#039;s Attempt to Prevent Cohen and Daniels from Testifying\">high-profile hush money trial<\/a> to make money through her fundraising agency. The complaint comes months after Stefanik <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3020195\/stefanik-demands-investigation-trump-judge-merchan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>filed an initial inquiry request<\/a> that was later rejected by the commission.<\/p>\n<p>But now, Stefanik claims &ldquo;new information has come to light that merits a fresh look&rdquo; into the possible conflict of interest, citing campaign finance reports that indicate Kamala Harris&rsquo;s campaign has hired Merchan&rsquo;s daughter&rsquo;s company after the vice president replaced President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Neither the Appellate Division nor the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics could have known about this material when they issued opinions as to Justice Merchan&rsquo;s continuing to preside over President Trump&rsquo;s case,&rdquo; Stefanik wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan&rsquo;s daughter, Loren Merchan, is the president of Authentic Campaigns, a digital marketing and fundraising agency aligned with several Democratic lawmakers and political action committees.<\/p>\n<p>In her complaint, Stefanik cited a report filed by the Harris campaign to the Federal Election Commission that includes a $468 payment to Authentic Campaigns for web hosting purposes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This indicates that one of the very first things that Harris did upon taking over the Biden campaign infrastructure is to hire this firm, Authentic,&rdquo; Stefanik wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint comes on the same day Merchan decided to delay Trump&rsquo;s sentencing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-big-problem-with-the-stormy-daniels-hush-money-case-against-trump\/\" title=\"The Big Problem With The Stormy Daniels Hush Money Case Against Trump\">hush money case<\/a> until after Election Day, a significant win for the former president as he seeks to appeal the conviction. The sentencing in that case is now scheduled for Nov. 26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stefanik, a fierce Trump supporter on Capitol Hill, has submitted several ethics complaints on his behalf, arguing that Democrats are using his criminal trials to damage him politically as the Republican presidential nominee. However, many of the complaints have been rejected by those overseeing the cases while other pending complaints have not resulted in significant changes.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear whether action will be taken on the latest complaint as the trial has already concluded. The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted the Harris campaign and the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1746008\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1746008\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elise Stefanik, the House Republican Conference Chairwoman from New York, is advocating for an investigation into Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over former President Donald Trump&#8217;s criminal trial in New York. She alleges that Merchan&#8217;s daughter may be exploiting the high-profile case for financial benefit through her fundraising agency. In a recent ethics complaint to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Stefanik urged the board to reconsider its previous decision not to investigate after she initially requested one months ago. She claims &#8220;new information&#8221; has emerged that warrants a reevaluation of potential conflicts of interest, specifically pointing out campaign finance records showing that Kamala Harris\u2019s campaign hired Merchan\u2019s daughter\u2019s company shortly after Harris took over as the Democratic nominee. Stefanik noted that neither the Appellate Division nor the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics could have been aware of this information when they previously ruled on Judge Merchan&#8217;s ability to continue overseeing Trump\u2019s case. Loren Merchan, Judge Merchan&#8217;s daughter, leads Authentic Campaigns\u2014a digital marketing and fundraising firm associated with various Democratic politicians and PACs. The complaint coincides with Judge Merchan&#8217;s decision to postpone Trump\u2019s sentencing in the hush money case until after Election Day\u2014a favorable outcome for Trump as he seeks to appeal his conviction; sentencing is now set for November 26. As a staunch supporter of Trump in Congress, Stefanik has filed multiple ethics complaints aimed at defending him against what she perceives as politically motivated legal challenges from Democrats; however, many have been dismissed or yielded no significant changes thus far. It remains uncertain if any action will be taken regarding her latest complaint since the trial has concluded. The Washington Examiner reached out for comments from both Harris&#8217;s campaign and the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2337945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Stefanik-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40310,5387,32120,33575,32076],"class_list":["post-2337944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ethics-inquiry","tag-judge","tag-new-york","tag-trump-case","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Stefanik-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}