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The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial won’t be stepping away after the former president failed to kick him off the case for a third time.
Trump has repeatedly tried and failed to force New York Justice Juan Merchan to recuse himself.
In a late filing on Tuesday, Judge Merchan shot down a third recusal motion from Trump, who has alleged that there is a conflict of interest because Merchan’s daughter works as a Democratic political consultant.
Trump’s attorneys accused Merchan’s daughter of having a “long-standing relationship” with Kamala Harris, and claimed that she “has obtained — and stands to obtain in the future — extensive financial, professional, and personal benefits from her relationship with Harris.”
Last year, New York’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics determined that Merchan’s impartiality “cannot …