America First Legal filed a lawsuit against New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan on Wednesday for failing to turn over financial disclosures initially sought in June.
Merchan oversaw former President Donald Trump’s criminal case in which he was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records regarding payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels by then Trump attorney Michael Cohen prior to the 2016 general election.
The sentencing hearing is set for Sept. 18.

In June, America First Legal filed a request with the Ethics Commission for the New York State Court System seeking Merchan’s financial disclosure statements for the years 2018 to 2024.
In its lawsuit against Merchan and the Ethics Commission, the conservative law firm argued, “This is not a close case, nor a complicated one—the Commissio …