Bragg opposes judge’s recusal from hush money case over daughter’s work with Democrats
By
Ashley Oliver
April 8, 2024 1:43 pm
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Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accused Donald Trump of using a second recusal motion against the judge overseeing the former president’s hush money case to try to delay his forthcoming trial.
Prosecutors wrote in court papers made public on Monday that Trump’s request was “yet another last-ditch attempt to address defendant’s real objective, which is — as the Court has already recognized — to delay this proceeding indefinitely.” They said Judge Juan Merchan should deny the request.
Trump asked Merchan last week to recuse himself on the grounds that his daughter Loren Merchan’s ownership stake in Authentic, a top Democratic marketing firm, creates a conflict of interest for the judge.
“The manner in which Authentic and Ms. Merchan are marketing the company, and making money, through expressions of animus toward President Trump has created a prohibited appearance of impropriety,” Trump’s attorneys argued.
The attorneys noted that Loren Merchan’s company’s clients have recently included Trump’s top political rivals, such as President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), and that those clients have raised money by referencing Trump’s criminal proceedings in New York.
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