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'NO' Angry Hush Money Judge Denies TRUMPs' Recusal Bid For THIRD Time
Nail In The Coffin: Hush Money Judge Shows Mounting Ire in Criminal TRUMP Slap Down
The judge in Donald Trumps hush money trial this week revealed mounting frustration with the former president as he tries to wriggle out of his historic criminal conviction
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Judge Juan Merchan unleashed his frustration Monday, just one month before he's slated to decide whether Trump should serve time for falsifying business records to conceal hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels
"Merchan’s pique with Trumps counsel, whose prior affirmation Merchan calls 'rife with inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims,' is clear," Rubin said.
The latest ruling represented Trump's third attempt to toss Merchan from the case, this time arguing that he was biased by his daughter's prior work on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris, court records show.
Merchan disagreed.
Mentally unwell: Trump ridiculed after raging at hush money judge over 'wrong ruling' -
"Judge Merchan just ruled that I, the Republican candidate for President, and leading in the Polls, am still under a Gag Order CONCERNING VERY IMPORTANT THINGS WHICH MUST BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT," Trump wrote at 10 a.m. ET. "I AM NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER REPORTERS QUESTIONS."
"This Court now reiterates for the third time, that which should already be clear - innuendo and mischaracterizations do not a conflict create," writes Merchan.
Rubin said the "nail in the coffin" for Trump was that Merchan found his lawyers unable to provide any substantial evidence to back his claim.
"Counsel has merely repeated arguments that have already been denied by this and higher courts. Defense Counsel's reliance, and apparent citation to his own prior affirmation, rife with inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims, is unavailing."
Merchan, who received an affirming nod from the judicial ethics board more than one year ago, also slammed Trump for missing a deadline for post-trial motions by more than a month, 48 days exactly.
Trump is scheduled to return to Merchan's New York City courtroom on 18 Sept to face sentencing on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
The maximum sentence for the charges is four years but, considering the nonviolent nature of Trumps crime, Merchan could order a less severe punishment such as probation.
Frank Runyeon, the New York courts reporter for Law 360, characterized Trump's motion as a failure and Merchan's response as a rebuke.
WORN-OUT, Haggard & Showing Desperation
Runyeon reported, "Merchan Pans Trumps Filing.'"
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