Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley spoke Wednesday on “America’s Newsroom” about former President Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial over the daughter of a judge who once worked as a political consultant for Democratic clients. , said it was unlikely that Judge Juan Machan would be removed from office.
Host Dana Perino said, “Is the Trump team standing here with this concern?”
Turley said, “They have a position. You know you can take this to court. That’s what it is. It shouldn’t be hashed out on social media. Lawyers always only raise disputes. Instead, it raises signs of conflict, sometimes involving family members. Indeed, many on the left have been attacking the Supreme Court over families and their activities for years. But with two weeks left, It would probably be easier to move the court in this case than it would be to move the judge.”
He added, “The reason for that is they’re very reluctant unless you have something pretty direct and unassailable. We don’t know what they have. But in general, adult children The conduct of the judge is not conclusive in this type of claim and once the child reaches adulthood, the conduct of the judge cannot be attributed to the conduct of the judge and vice versa.”
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