Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a filing made public on Monday decried former President Donald Trump‘s motion to recuse Judge Juan Merchan as a “last-ditch” and “meritless” effort to delay his “hush money” criminal trial.
Trump is facing criminal charges in New York City from Bragg’s office surrounding allegations that he illegally falsified business records in order to conceal alleged hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels and keep her quiet about an affair she says she and Trump had in 2006. Trump has denied the affair ever happened and pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
While some legal experts have called the Manhattan case the least notable of Trump’s criminal cases, it is the first set to go to trial, on Monday, April 15. As that date approaches, Trump has become increasingly aggressive on social media against Judge Merchan, who is overseeing the case, accusing him of being impartial and biased against him, and calling for his recusal. Merchan has expanded a gag order against Trump amid these attacks, some of which have also targeted his daughter, but the former president has continued to make them.
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