‘This Is Real Fascist Stuff’: Trump Denounces Hush-Money Judge After He Refuses, Again, To Recuse Himself Over Democratic Operative Daughter

Judge Juan Merchan said it is ‘not necessary’ to withdraw from the case.

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President Trump wants to delay his sentencing in Alvin Bragg's hush-money case, now scheduled by the presiding judge, Juan Merchan, for January 10, while he appeals. AP / Getty Images

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. 

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