Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan criminal court to attend a pre-trial hearing, Monday, March 25, 2024, in New York. A judge will weigh in on Monday when the former president will go on trial. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)
"Judge Juan Merchan is totally compromised, and should be removed from this TRUMP Non-Case immediately," he wrote Thursday. "His Daughter, Loren, is a Rabid Trump Hater, who has admitted to having conversations with her father about me, and yet he gagged me."
The Manhattan prosecutors said that witnesses and prospective jurors could likely fear similar attacks. They asked Merchan "to make it abundantly clear" who is protected by the gag order, to warn Trump about his conduct and sanction him if he violates the gag order.
MANHATTAN DA BRAGG REQUESTS JUDGE IMPOSE GAG ORDER ON TRUMP DURING HUSH MONEY CASE
Former President Donald Trump waves as he departs The Trump Building on Monday. On Friday, prosecutors asked a New York judge to clarify a gag order imposed on Trump after he called out the judge's daughter by name in a social media post. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)
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Judge Merchan is presiding over Trump's upcoming trial in which he is accused of making hush-money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign. He pleaded not guilty last April to 34 counts of falsifying business records,
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
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