Victor Marrero

Victor Marrero (born September 1, 1941) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Education and career

Marrero was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University in 1964 and a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1968.

Marrero was an assistant to the mayor of New York City from 1968 to 1970.

On October 7, 2019, Marrero dismissed an attempt by President Donald Trump to prevent his accountants from complying with a New York prosecutor's subpoena for eight years of President Donald Trump's tax returns.

On February 11, 2020, Marrero allowed T-Mobile and Sprint to complete their merger after nine states and the District of Columbia sought to block it.

On August 20, 2020, Marrero dismissed another attempt by President Trump to allow his accountants to disregard the New York prosecutor's subpoena for eight years of the president's tax returns. In the ruling, he held that the prosecutor's grand jury subpoena was valid and the Presidents attempts to challenge it were dilatory and without merit.

He concluded: "Justice requires an end to this controversy

On September 21, 2020, Marrero ordered USPS to treat all election mail as "first-class mail" or "priority mail express", and also required them to "pre-approve" all overtime requests for the 2 weeks surrounding Election Day to ensure that absentee ballots are processed properly.