If a Manhattan grand jury indicts former president Donald Trump for allegedly falsifying business records, the judge set to hear the case will already be plenty familiar with the ex-president’s eponymous real estate, hotel and brand licensing operation.
According to multiple reports, the New York jurist whose docket would be weighed down with the case against Mr Trump is New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan. In the New York State court system, the Supreme Court is the primary trial court, while the final appellate court — the equivalent of a state supreme court — is called the New York Court of Appeals.
