Judge Refuses To Recuse From Trump’s Hillary Lawsuit

Politico reports:

A federal judge — nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton in 1996 — on Wednesday emphatically rejected Donald Trump’s demand that he recuse from Trump’s sprawling lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, declaring that there’s no legitimate basis to demand that he step back from the case.

In a five-page order, Judge Donald Middlebrooks emphasized that he has never met either of the Clintons and was confirmed by unanimous consent in the Senate, requiring backing from both parties.

Middlebrooks observed that Trump filed his lawsuit in the Fort Pierce division of the Southern District of the Florida federal court and that the only District Court judge who sits in that division is a Trump appointee. However, under the court’s docketing system, the case wound up assigned to Middlebrooks, who sits in West Palm Beach.

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MORE INTERESTINGLY: The judge noted that Trump is selective about his bias complaints. For example, he didn’t worry about impartiality when his own appointees presided over two of his lawsuits against election results in 2020.https://t.co/d1e8HcfNqQ

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