‘Deeply conflicted’ Judge Merchan intends to sentence Trump Jan. 10

Judge Juan Merchan (X/@MSNBC)

A “deeply conflicted” judge in New York, Juan Merchan, says he wants to sentence President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 10 in his case over apparent misdemeanor business records infractions that suddenly were felonies because an anti-Trump prosecutor claimed they were in pursuit of another, unidentified, crime.

The announcement Friday comes from Merchan in the case in which a leftist jury in Manhattan convicted Trump on 34 of those records violations.

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