Judge Juan Merchan was born in Bogotá, Colombia.
Political views
During the 2020 United States presidential election, Merchan donated $15 to Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden’s campaign, $10 to the Progressive Turnout Project, and $10 to Stop Republicans, a subsidiary of the previous.
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You can take the boy out of Columbia but you can’t take Columbia out of the boy.