Records show that the wife of the judge presiding over President Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan once worked for AG Letitia James, sparking claims of bias.
Lara Merchan, the wife of the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's "Hush money" case in Manhattan, once worked for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the massive $350 million civil fraud case against the former president, with the revelation reviving claims of bias and calls for the judge's recusal.
Ms. James eventually won the case on Feb. 16, with New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ordering President Trump and Trump Organization executives to pay $350 million in damages, and barring the former president from doing business in the state for three years.
Judge Juan Merchan is presiding over a separate criminal trial involving President Trump in New York, in which the former president is accused of falsifying business records in order to conceal a $130,000 "Hush money" payoff to an adult performer to stay quiet about their alleged affair.
Judge Merchan imposed a gag order against President Trump in the case and, on April 1, expanded it to include family members of the judge and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
By contrast, Brian Krassenstein, a left-wing political commentator with a similar size following on X, pushed back on Ms. Loomer, saying the fact Judge Merchan's wife once worked for Ms. James is not evidence of bias or conflict of interest.
"Loomer is trying to somehow say that since the Judge in Trump's Manhattan case was or is married to a woman who once worked in an office with 700 other people under the AG, who already won a civil suit against Trump, that Judge Merchan now has a conflict of interest," he continued.
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