The Manhattan justice weighing the fate of Donald Trump's guilty conviction in New York could potentially throw out the verdict if he decides jurors should never have heard certain evidence about the president's conduct as president — or the judge could uphold the verdict by deciding that evidence would have made little difference, according to legal experts.
In doing so, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan may become one of the first judges to decide exactly how a landmark Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling could limit what evidence jurors can hear concerning a president's official conduct.
