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One day after Judge Juan Merchan expanded Donald Trump’s gag order ahead of the April 15 start date for his hush money criminal trial, the ex-president’s legal team called for the New York Supreme Court judge’s recusal from the case — again. However, the MAGA hopeful’s lawyers were immediately met with pushback from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s team in a letter the prosecutors submitted to the court Tuesday. Trump lawyers have suggested multiple times that Merchan’s daughter, Loren Merchan’s, ties to a consulting firm that works on Democrats’ campaigns is enough to have the judge …

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