Former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at 40 Wall Street on March 25, 2024 in New York City.
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Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at the judge in his criminal hush money case — and verbally took aim at the judge’s daughter — after the ex-president’s attorneys failed to delay the case from heading to trial next month.
Trump, in a Truth Social post, called New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan “a very distinguished looking man” who “is nevertheless a true and certified Trump Hater.”
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee added, “His daughter is a senior executive at a Super Liberal Democrat firm that works for Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, the Democrat National Committee, (Dem)Senate Majority PAC, and even Crooked Joe Biden.”
In another post Tuesday morning, Trump wrote that Merchan “SHOULD RECUSE HIMSELF, HE CANNOT GIVE ME A FAIR TRIAL.”
Trump also said that the trial “should take place in Staten Island, with a new and unbiased judge.”
The posts were not the first time Trump has used Merchan’s daughter to protest against Merchan. The judge is overseeing the case charging Trump with falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Last May, Trump’s attorneys in a court filing urged Merchan to recuse himself from the case, arguing that his presence created at least the appearance of bias.
They highlighted Merchan’s daughter’s role as an executive at Authentic Campaigns, a progressive political consultant that touts its work for various Democratic clients — including President Joe Biden, who is running for reelection against Trump.
It was not immediately clear if Merchan’s daughter still held that role at Authentic. The firm did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on Trump’s post.
The situation is “particularly problematic given the role this very case may play in political campaigns and advertising in the 2024 presidential election,” the attorneys wrote in the May filing.
“It is likely that many of President Trump’s opponents, both political candidates and organizations, will attempt to use this case—and any rulings by the Court—to attack him,” they wrote. “Indeed, virtually every client listed on Authentic’s website has been critical in the past of President Trump and fundraised on these criticisms.”
Merchan, in August 2023, declined to recuse himself from the case, finding that doing so “would not be in…
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