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Just days before his hush money trial is set to begin, former President Donald Trump is seeking Judge Juan Merchan’s recusal from the case once again. In a motion filed Wednesday, Trump’s attorneys attempted a similar line of argument as in their first request for Merchan’s recusal last May. This time, they suggest that because Trump is now the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, he is sure to be a “political target” in Merchan’s daughter’s work.
” Merchan’s daughter has served as president of Authentic Campaigns, a company that worked on Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign. After previous attacks from Trump over his daughter’s work, Merchan solicited a recommendation from the New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics, which determined that “the judge’s impartiality cannot reasonably be questioned based on the judge’s relative’s business and/or political activities.
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