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Hey everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a very, very happy Friday. So much going on in the legal news. Before we get to this week's podcast,

just a reminder to check out my other podcast Up Against the Mob, Season 2, Episode 7, the final

episode of the season, has dropped this week. Check them all out. There's obviously seven episodes

total. They're about 25 to 35 minutes each. I promise if you start episode one, you will binge all the way through to the end. It's been great hearing from so many of you who've been listening. It's been a blast to put this one together. And now here's this week's brief. Judge Juan Mershan is a thoroughly impressive jurist. He has a strong pedigree, a former prosecutor,

who's put in 16 years of distinguished

service on the bench. He garners public raves from practitioners who've appeared before him,

well prepared, efficient, practical, and a man of his word, to quote a few. It's clear upon

reading the transcript of last week's arraignment of Donald Trump, that Judge Mershan is absolutely

up to the task of trying one of the highest profile, most contentious cases we've ever seen.

He's firmly in control of his courtroom, yet entirely reasonable, practical, and courteous.

All that said, he has to go.

Judge Mershahn should recuse himself from the Trump case. It's the right thing to do

for the prosecution, for the defendant, and for the case itself. Let's just call out the obvious

dynamic right up front. There is a broad and well-supported perception that Judge Mershan is a

good draw for prosecutors and a bad one for Trump. So anyone who hopes to see Trump convicted wants him to stay on the case, and those who

want Trump to skate would like to see him bumped.

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