Jury selection is expected to begin soon to determine whether Trump falsified business records. cover up criminally A 2016 hush-money payment to a porn actress who claimed to have had sexual contact with President Trump. Trump has denied having an affair with her and maintains her innocence.
President Trump is trying again to force the judge out of the case, with his lawyers arguing: martian’s daughterLauren has a “direct financial interest” in the former president’s case. In a 37-page complaint, the lawyers say two clients of her firm, Authentic, a progressive digital agency, president biden and vice president harris.
Lawyers said that in overseeing the case, Marchan exercised “enormous power” to “imprison and incapacitate” Trump, a “major political opponent” for several of Authentic’s clients, and that he was making profits. He argued that a conflict had arisen and that a retraction was necessary.
“A person’s political views may not be a basis for refusal, but they have profited from promoting a political agenda hostile to President Trump, including soliciting fundraisers based on this incident.” must be,” the lawyers wrote. “Therefore, President Trump respectfully requests that the court recuse itself.”
The move came after a judge denied a recusal motion last summer that similarly cited his daughter’s employment. $35 donation The judge ruled against the Biden campaign and two liberal groups during the 2020 campaign.
The judge said he received guidance from the state Ethics Advisory Board that he did not need to resign.
The Hill’s Zach Schoenfeld and Ella Lee have more.
