Had not heard this:
‘Lara Merchan, the wife of the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” case in Manhattan, once worked for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the massive $350 million civil fraud case against the former president, with the revelation reviving claims of bias and calls for the judge’s recusal.
Records reviewed by The Epoch Times show that Ms. Merchan worked for 21 years as a Special Assistant to the AG in New York, including three years under Ms. James. She changed jobs over two years ago.’
MarQ
https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/04/02/read-in-full-trump-lawyers-demand-judge-merchan-recusal/
Trump Lawyers Demand Judge Merchan Recusal.
Lawyers for President Donald Trump have once again called on Judge Merchan – overseeing the “Stormy Daniels case” set to begin shortly – to recuse himself given his deep family connections to a number of high-profile anti-Trump actors, including Letitia James, Kamala Harris, and the Democratic National Committee.Writing on Tuesday, lawyer Todd Blanche asserted: