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Former President Trump has asked the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York City to step aside, citing the judge’s daughter’s ties to a Democratic organization. Former President Donald Trump on Friday asked the judge overseeing his criminal prosecution in New York City to step aside, citing the judge's daughter's ties to a Democratic organization. Judge Juan Merchan is presiding over the case, in which Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying Business records in connection to a hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges. MORE: Judge involved in Trump criminal case previously did work for a Trump entity Merchan himself will decide whether he is impartial. The defense said he can't be, because his daughter is an executive at Authentic Campaigns, a Democratic consulting firm that worked on President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign. There is a "need to assure the public...

A pair of former election workers who were the subjects of a Trump-backed conspiracy theory will be honored at the White House, days after Trump renewed attacks on them. A pair of former election workers who became the subjects of a Trump-backed conspiracy theory in the aftermath of the 2020 election are set receive the Presidential Citizens Medal at a White House ceremony on Friday, less than a week after former President Donald Trump renewed attacks on them. Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, both former election workers from Fulton County, Georgia, are among 12 individuals who will be honored by President Joe Biden for making "exemplary contributions to our democracy surrounding January 6, 2021," the White House said. "My mother and I didn't seek out the spotlight," Moss said in a statement to ABC News. "We just wanted to do our part to make democracy work well for everyone ... and we're incredibly honored to receive...

America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said Monday ATLANTA -- America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said Monday. The Rev. Bernice King, who leads The King Center in Atlanta, said leaders — especially politicians — too often cheapen her father’s legacy into a “comfortable and convenient King” offering easy platitudes. “We love to quote King in and around the holiday. ... But then we refuse to live King 365 days of the year,” she declared at the commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where her father once preached. The service, sponsored by the center and held at Ebenezer annually, headlined observances of the 38th federal King holiday. King, gunned ...