Trump hush money judge rejects last-ditch subpoena but weighs motion to recuse
By
Kaelan Deese
April 5, 2024 5:24 pm
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The judge presiding over Donald Trump‘s hush money case declined the former president’s bid to subpoena NBCUniversal over a documentary it created about porn star Stormy Daniels but granted consideration of Trump’s effort to replace him on the case.
A weekslong trial is approaching on April 15 over Trump’s 34-count indictment for allegedly falsifying business records in New York to hide a hush money payment to Daniels to cover up an alleged years-old affair in the final days of his 2016 campaign. Trump accused NBCUniversal of colluding with Daniels and sought the subpoena for records associated with its production of Stormy, which it released last month on the network’s streaming service, Peacock.
In back-to-back movement on the courtroom docket, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan rejected Trump’s subpoena effort but later granted the former president’s bid to brief arguments on whether his daughter’s role for a progressive consulting firm warrants his recusal from the case.
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