Former President Donald Trump's legal team filed a motion Thursday calling on New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron to recuse himself from the Trump civil fraud case.
"Where, as here, this Court's impartiality might reasonably be questioned under the circumstances, it must recuse. Indeed, there is no other means of dispelling the shadow that now looms over this Court's impartiality," the filing states.WNBC has reached out to a court spokesman and Adam Leitman Bailey for a response but have not yet heard back from the court nor Bailey.Bailey is a high-profile attorney who has coedited textbooks on New York real estate law.
After Bailey's on-camera claims to WNBC and the judge's broad, written denial, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct opened an investigation last month, according to sources familiar with the matter.The commission is collecting evidence to determine whether Engoron violated ethics rules, the sources said.
Sources familiar with the Judicial Conduct investigation say the Commission already asked Bailey to turn over any emails and texts he may have exchanged with Judge Engoron. According to Trump's motion, a judge's responsibility to avoid any appearance of impropriety is heightened"in a case that has commanded worldwide attention."
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