Trump targets Judge Merchan's daughter in motion seeking recusal from hush money case
Raw StoryFormer President Donald Trump has been allowed to move forward with a complaint to the court in the Manhattan hush money case, demanding the recusal of New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan. "Your Honor’s daughter, Loren Merchan, has a direct financial interest in these proceedings by virtue of her ownership stake and leadership role at Authentic Campaigns, Inc. Based on public disbursements data, Authentic, which services exclusively Democrat clients, is the #21 ranked vendor in the country in connection with the 2024 election," wrote Trump's attorneys. The complaint went on that Trump's "success in the primaries, which followed the Court’s ruling on the previous recusal motion, has cemented his status as a political target of Authentic, Ms. Merchan, and their clients." Trump's attorneys also listed a number of other arguments, including that some Democratic candidates that worked with that vendor have issued fundraising solicitations that mention Trump's indictment, and the fact that Judge Merchan gave a media interview in which he said he wanted "to make sure that I’ve done everything I could to be prepared and to make sure that we dispense justice."