Judge in Trump "hush money" case once again rejects recusal effort

Former President Donald Trump's latest attempt to get the judge presiding over his New York criminal case to recuse himself has been denied.

It was the third time Justice Juan Merchan has rejected Trump's demands that he step aside from the case. Each effort revolved around claims that the judge was compromised because his daughter works as a Democratic consultant.

Trump's lawyers first made the request in May 2023, before the case went to trial, arguing that Merchan should step aside because of work Merchan's daughter had done as a Democratic consultant in support of President Biden.