Representative Daniel Goldman (D-NY) sent over $160,000 in checks to the home address of Loren Merchan — the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan, who presides over former President Donald J. Trump‘s Manhattan hush money trial. Goldman acknowledged preparing disgraced serial perjurer Michael Cohen for his cross-examination by Trump’s defense attorneys, which occurred during the trial this week.
Goldman’s Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show that his campaign sent its payments to Loren Merchan’s personal home address in Richmond, Virginia. Meanwhile, not a single check from the Goldman campaign was sent to the Authentic Campaign office’s address in Chicago. Goldman’s last public payment to Authentic Campaigns was made just days before the start of the hush money trial.