A judge who is deciding whether to move former President Donald Trump's Manhattan criminal case to federal court worked for a group that provided services to Trump back when he was a private practice lawyer.

Within hours of his historic arraignment this spring, Donald Trump fixed his ire on the judge, complaining that he’s “a Trump hating-judge” with a family full of “Trump haters.”

Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a Manhattan judge to recuse himself from presiding over the criminal case against the former president, arguing in a court filing that the judge is biased and has a conflict of interest.

Donald Trump is seeking for the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York to recuse himself from it, the latest bid by the former president to try to undercut the case now set for trial next year.

Former President Donald Trump is seeking the recusal of the judge presiding over his criminal case in Manhattan, arguing he has conflicts of interest and can’t fairly oversee the trial.

Trump’s lawyers allege that Merchan, a respected jurist in Manhattan’s criminal court, tipped the scales in two other Trump-related cases.