Former President Donald Trump’s third attempt to have Judge Juan Merchan recuse himself from overseeing his criminal case in the New York Supreme Court was denied on Aug. 13.

In his most recent motion, Trump again raised concerns about an alleged conflict of interest, claiming that Merchan’s daughter stood to gain financially from the court’s decisions, as had been addressed in earlier motions to convince the judge to recuse.

Trump’s legal team argued that “the political and financial interest” of the judge’s daughter could potentially influence the rulings. The claim was first introduced on May 31, 2023, when Trump sought Merchan’s recusal for the first time.

In a letter to the judge, Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche said that the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris is now Trump’s opponent in the November presidential election, of which he is the Republican nominee, had renewed their focus on the judge’s daughter. Blanche wrote in the letter to the judge claiming that his daughter had previously worked closely with Harris in her 2020 campaign for president and had expressed support for her on social media.

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