President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers asked that a federal judge recuse himself from an ongoing defamation case involving the so-called “Central Park Five,” citing the plaintiffs lawyer’s long-term friendship with the man overseeing the case.
Trump and his attorneys Thursday sought the “immediate recusal” of Senior Judge Michael Baylson. They cited a Nov. 13 disclosure in the case by one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, detailing his and his firm’s relationship with the judge.
The attorney Shanin Specter said he has “personally represented both Judge Baylson and his wife. I [Specter] have also known and enjoyed a friendship with Judge Baylson since ...
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