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  "id": 1096818,
  "title": "Who is Judge Juan Merchan? Trump's hush-money judge's daughter's firm under federal investigation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/who-is-judge-juan-merchan-trumps-hush-money-judges-daughters-firm",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T18:20:37.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Justice Juan Merchan, the New York judge who oversaw Donald Trump's hush-money trial, has long been a target of the president's attacks.",
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        "published": "2026-08-15T21:09:30.000Z"
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