Epoch Times reported that on August 13, 2024, Judge Juan Merchan denied Donald J. Trump’s third recusal motion in the New York case. The Washington Examiner dated its story August 14, 2024. Both say the motion again raised the daughter’s Democratic consulting work, including after the Democratic ticket changed.
Multiple outlets quoted this sentence from the written decision:
“With these fundamental principles in mind, this Court now reiterates for the third time, that which should already be clear — innuendo and mischaracterizations do not a conflict create. Recusal is therefore not necessary, much less required.” Quoted from the August 2024 recusal decision by Epoch Times, AP/PBS, and OANN
This site does not host that three-page order as an official nycourts.gov PDF. The quotation is taken from contemporaneous reporting that reproduces the sentence. If the official file is posted later, it governs. Do not treat a paraphrase as extra holdings. Epoch Times also reported Merchan calling the motion “nothing more than a repetition of stale and unsubstantiated claims,” and noting he had sought Advisory Committee guidance.
OANN: “Judge Merchan Rejects Trump’s Bid For A New Judge In N.Y. Trial,” repeating the innuendo sentence. That is reporting. Deep Capture, Conservative Treehouse, the Gateway Pundit, and Daily Caller hits naming Merchan were not located in this draft’s always-check pass. None are invented.