"Trump's Latest Recusal Request Raises Eyebrows in Hush Money Case"

Former President Donald Trump's attorneys have filed a motion seeking Judge Juan Merchan's recusal from his hush money trial, arguing that Trump's status as the presumptive GOP presidential nominee makes him a "political target" due to the judge's daughter's work with a company that worked on Vice President Kamala Harris' 2020 presidential campaign. However, Merchan had previously rejected a similar request and is unlikely to be swayed by this argument. The motion comes just before jury selection begins and is seen as a long-shot bid to disrupt the case, which is set to be the first of Trump's four criminal cases to go to trial.