Late Monday, Democrat-aligned Judge Juan Merchan ruled against President-elect Donald J. Trump’s request to dismiss District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s so-called hush money case. A New York jury found Trump guilty Trump in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to payments made to adult actress Stormy Daniels in 2016.

Steven Cheung, Trump’s campaign spokesman—and future White House communications director—blasted Merchan’s ruling, stating it violated the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity. “This lawless case should have never been brought, and the Constitution demands that it be immediately dismissed, as President Trump must be allowed to continue the Presidential Transition process and execute the vital duties of the presidency, unobstructed by the remains of this, or any other, Witch Hunt,” Cheung said in a statement.

The ruling leaves the possibility of sentencing open, pending legal appeals from Trump’s side. It remains uncertain when or if Trump will face sentencing, given that Judge Merchan has yet to decide if this could occur before Trump assumes office in January or after his term concludes in 2029.

“The Supreme Court’s June presidential-immunity ruling requires Democrat Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan to declare a mistrial,” conservative attorney Mike Davis, founder of The Article III Project, wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “But Merchan once again ignores the clear law. His daughter Loren could lose a lot of Democrat funding if her dad ruled any other way. Clear corruption.”

Loren Merchan has done significant business with Democratic politicians. CNN legal analyst Elie Honig has also criticized Judge Merchan for having personally “donated money… in plain violation of a rule prohibiting New York judges from making political donations of any kind—to a pro-Biden, anti-Trump political operation.”

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