WASHINGTON, D.C. – A political consulting firm led by the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan, the New York judge who presided over President Donald Trump’s historic 2024 criminal trial, has received more than $200,000 from Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s reelection campaign this cycle, according to federal campaign finance records.
His daughter’s firm is connected to an ongoing investigation by House Judiciary Committee Republicans, who argue that Judge Merchan’s impartiality has been compromised by his daughter’s deep ties to Democratic campaigns and that she has information to prove that her father’s crusade against Trump was motivated by money and politics, not justice.
The firm in question, Authentic Campaigns, Inc., a Chicago-based progressive digital consulting and strategy company, is run by Lo