Judge Merchan Hands Donald Trump Major Legal Setback

The judge in Donald Trump's hush money trial has refused the former president's request for documents about whether adult film star Stormy Daniels had committed 'extortion' or 'larceny' and whether Trump was a 'victim of blackmail.'Trump's lawyers were seeking a large volume of documents from prosecutors, which Judge Juan Merchan described as an 'improper fishing expedition.

In a written ruling on Friday, Merchan rejected the request for an internal memo about Daniels and said those documents relate only to 'a legal analysis related to the criminal investigation' and were 'privileged work product.'There is no suggestion that Daniels was involved in larceny or extortion.Trump's lawyers were hoping to subpoena the documents from prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, who resigned from the case two years ago.

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