Former US President Donald Trump has slammed the New York judge who put him under a gag order ahead of his hush-money criminal trial. Trump has made a fallacious claim regarding the judge’s daughter, Loren Merchen, and has urged the judge to recuse himself from the case, arguing that he would not receive a fair trial. However, it has been confirmed that the account he referenced on social media is bogus. The judge has stated that the gag order is constitutional, and there are no concrete reasons for his recusal.