Biased Judge is Joe Bidens donor

During a recent interview on Breitbart News Daily, Trump lawyer Jesse Binnall raised concerns about potential bias in the New York criminal case against former President Donald Trump. Binnall highlighted the fact that New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, overseeing the case, has donated to President Biden’s campaign. He emphasized the case’s reliance on testimony from Michael Cohen, who has admitted to perjury, casting doubt on the credibility of the allegations against Trump, which include 34 felonies related to alleged falsification of business records in connection with a payment to Stormy Daniels.

“That’s the kind of the best they have. That’s what they’re building their case around is someone who … has lied to courts and factually, this case is just absolutely baseless,” he said, reminding listeners that Judge Merchan is a Biden donor.

“Let’s remember that Judge Merchan is a Biden donor. Let’s remember that his family has a vested financial interest in this case, or … the fact that the case is ongoing. They’re going to try to drag this case out I think as long as possible in order to affect the presidential election,” Binnall said.

When questioned about New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan’s donations to Democrats in 2020, Trump lawyer Jesse Binnall asserted that such contributions raise ethical concerns and should prompt an investigation. Binnall emphasized that judges contributing to political parties is not permissible, indicating a potential breach of judicial ethics.

“There are very specific instances when judges are supposed to take themselves off cases,” he explained, noting that this is “most important” when there was either bias by the judge or the appearance of bias against a criminal defendant.

“And that person is entitled to a blank slate before the trial starts. And judge who can’t do that, the judge who comes into it with a preconceived notion about a defendant should recuse himself from the case,” he said, noting that this is a “remarkable” instance “where a judge donated to the candidate’s political opponent.”

“I’ve never known a judge before who’s made a political donation while he’s been on the bench. It is highly unusual for judges even to make political donations. But the fact that he did make a political donation, showing where his political allegiances lie, and then staying on a case that is having a huge impact on a presidential election is extremely improper,” he said.

“Not just because it shows that he’s biased, it shows his appearance of partiality, and we in this country have lived for about 250 years under the rule of law. These decisions are made based on law, not men, not based on individual people’s political beliefs as far as in our legal system, and that’s something that is going to be thrown completely into doubt now, because you have a judge who has decided that he wants to be on this case so badly … that he refused to recuse himself,” he continued, noting that it is good for the judge that the case is “ongoing” due to his daughter, as “the company that she worked for has raised millions and millions of dollars on” it.

“And so it’s something that his family member as a direct … moneyed interest in, and again, something that is, at the very least shows the appearance of impropriety here,” Binnall added