A federal judge on Friday agreed to recuse himself from overseeing the exonerated Central Park Five’s defamation lawsuit against President-elect Trump. Shanin Specter, the Central Park Five’s lead attorney,

A federal judge withdrew Friday from presiding over the defamation suit filed by the exonerated Central Park Five against President-elect

A federal judge overseeing a defamation case filed by the exonerated “Central Park Five” against President-elect Donald Trump recused himself due to his friendship with one of the plaintiff’s lawyers.

Donald Trump's attorney filed court documents seeking the immediate recusal of the judge in his Central Park Five defamation case due to apparent impartiality. The post ‘Question the court’s impartiality’: Trump seeks ‘immediate recusal’ of judge in Central Park Five defamation case first appeared on Law & Crime.

Attorneys for Trump are seeking the recusal of the judge presiding over the defamation case brought by the men formerly known as the Central Park Five.

President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers asked that a federal judge recuse himself from an ongoing defamation case involving the so-called “Central Park Five,” citing the plaintiffs lawyer’s long-term friendship with the man overseeing the case.