Trump requests Judge Merchan's recusal from hush money case (again)
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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. “President Trump is now the presumptive...

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