Justice Juan Merchan

Prosecutors said that someone with the same name was arrested in the 1990s.

Justice Juan Merchan recently issued several rulings as the April 15 trial date is fast approaching, and defense attorneys appear to be appealing each one.

He and his attorneys say the jurist’s daughter and her Democratic consulting firm have profited heavily off the prosecution of the former president.

The defense argued that the former president has First Amendment, Sixth Amendment, due process, and statutory grounds to demand a public proceeding.