Judge overseeing Trump's Stormy Daniels case has received DEATH threats

The New York judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's hush-money case has received dozens of death threats since the ex-president turned him and his family into political targets. 

The New York Daily News reported Thursday that State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan has received droves of threats to his phone and email account, according to a source familiar with the situation. 

During Tuesday's court proceeding Merchan asked the former president and current presidential candidate to tone it down, after he encouraged supporters to 'protest!' as the indictment hung over Trump's head. 

Instead, Trump returned to Mar-a-Lago and blasted Merchan and his wife and daughter during an event in the Florida estate's ballroom surrounded by supporters and press. 

'I have a Trump-hating judge, with a Trump-hating wife and family, whose daughter worked for Kamala Harris and now receives money from the Biden-Harris campaign and a lot of it,' Trump charged from the podium at his Florida home and resort.

New York Judge Juan Merchan has received dozens of death threats since the ex-president turned him and his family into political targets

'I have a Trump-hating judge, with a Trump-hating wife and family, whose daughter worked for Kamala Harris and now receives money from the Biden-Harris campaign and a lot of it,' Trump charged from the podium at his Florida home and resort

Merchan's daughter Loren, 34, is president and partner of a progressive digital form called Authentic campaigns, where she's worked for a number of Democratic causes and campaigns. 

She was the digital director for Harris' short-lived 2020 presidential bid.  

Merchan was at the center of negotiations in 2021 that led to the Trump Organization's longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg pleading guilty to charges that he skipped out on taxes over big-dollar perks he took in from the company - like Manhattan apartments, a car and school tuition.

On Friday, Trump declared on social media that Merchan 'HATES ME' and is the same person who 'railroaded' my 75-year-old former CFO, Weisselberg, to take a 'plea' deal.' 

Merchan's 34-year-old daughter Loren (right) works for consulting firm Authentic Campaigns, which counts, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Biden-Harris campaign, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Rep. Adam Schiff among its past clients 

Weisselberg, who received a reduced sentence in exchange for testifying against the Trump Organization, is spending his five-month sentence at Rikers Island in Queens and is expected to be released on April 19.

After Weisselberg testified, Merchan said he was particularly struck by Weisselberg's wife receiving a one-time $6,000 payment from the company for a no-show job so that she would qualify for Social Security, even as her husband was making a lot of money.

'So many Americans work so hard with the hopes that they may someday benefit from their contributions to Social Security,' the judge said.

Merchan said he would have imposed a 'stiffer sentence' if he hadn't already agreed to the five-month plea deal.