Trump Slams Hush-Money Judge For Refuse to Recuse Himself

Judge Juan Merchan, who presides over President Trump’s New York criminal hush-money trial, rejected the 45th president’s third request to recuse himself from the case on Wednesday. Unless the judge dismisses the case altogether, Trump, who was convicted of all 34 felony counts in the case this spring, will most likely face sentencing in mid September. After citing the defense’s previous recusal bids, the judge ruled “for the third time,” that stepping away from the case is “not necessary, much less required” in a decision published Wednesday morning. Trump’s defense...