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Former 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.

The complaint, which spans 35 pages, lists a number of grievances that Trump has with the judge, including yet another attack on the judge's daughter, who he has repeatedly made a bogeyman in posts on social media.

"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 [sic] clients, is the #21 ranked vendor in the country in connection with the 2024 election," wrote Trump's attorneys. "President Trump is now the presumptive Republican nominee and leading candidate in the 2024 presidential election."

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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."

This comes after a lengthy process in which Trump and several of his co-defendants in the Georgia election racketeering case filed similar challenges, based on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' romantic relationship with special counsel Nathan Wade. Following a fraught ethics hearing, Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee determined that Willis could remain on the case as long as Wade resigned, which he promptly did.

Judge Aileen Cannon appears to "resent" having to take steps to protect witnesses against former President Donald Trump from threats in his Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Tuesday.

This comes after Cannon, a South Florida judge appointed by Trump himself, agreed to protect the names of certain government witnesses against Trump — after special counsel Jack Smith demanding protection for several witnesses he warned would be vulnerable.

"Aileen Cannon seems to be trying to protect herself from getting this case taken from her by the 11th Circuit," said Reid. "She's ruled for Jack Smith, his request to redact the names of some two dozen government witnesses that Trump wanted to reveal in public versions of one of his big filings. It seems to be a very big deal, but it also seems to be self-protective on her part."

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"You know, every time we find an issue where Judge Cannon rules for Jack Smith, I feel like putting it in air quotes, because here, even though she rules for him, she does it after really criticizing him for behavior that's just not objectionable by a prosecutor," said Vance. "She seems to have the view that he was dilatory in filing and did it in an irresponsible fashion. The reality is that Smith will still have to justify all of these redactions of the names of witnesses from public view."

The idea that a judge would find this a burden is astonishing, she continued.

"Look, every judge has an obligation to protect the integrity of their courtroom, to protect witnesses and jurors who are engaging in public service when they participate in the criminal justice system," Vance said. "It's just unthinkable that a judge would not be very careful with the safety and security of those people, and yet this judge almost seems to resent having to protect them, simply because it's the special prosecutor that's asking for that."

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