In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump's massive victory earlier this month over Vice President Kamala Harris, his lawyers are working overtime to shut down all of his legal issues.

According to Bloomberg Law, Trump and his lawyers recently requested that the judge overseeing the "Central Park Five" case recuse himself due to his alleged long-term friendship with the plaintiff's lawyer.

Trump and his legal team earlier this week requested an "immediate recusal" of Senior Judge Michael Baylson.

In the request, Trump's attorneys "cited a Nov. 13 disclosure in the case by one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, detailing his and his firm’s relationship with the judge," according to the outlet.

What's happening?

The disclosure they referred to showed clearly that the one of the plaintiff's attorneys, Shanin Specter, had a long-term friendship with the judge, and has also represented him.

Specter, in the disclosure, said he has "personally represented both Judge Baylson and his wife. I [Specter] have also known and enjoyed a friendship with Judge Baylson since I was a child. Both he and his wife have been guests in my home on various occasions, and I and my wife have been guests in their home on various occasions as well."

"We do not oppose the request," Specter said on Friday.

Bloomberg Law noted:

Trump’s lawyers argued “a reasonable person would question the court’s impartiality,” and “a reasonable man, knowing the circumstances” of their personal relationship, “could harbor doubts concerning impartiality.”

U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson issued an order on Friday granting President-elect Donald Trump’s request for the judge’s recusal from a defamation case filed by the exonerated “Central Park Five” against him. pic.twitter.com/vaGM6qQ5uX

— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) November 16, 2024

The request was successful, as it was announced on Friday that the judge recused himself from overseeing the case.

What was the case?

The Daily Caller explained:

This lawsuit is part of a long history of contention between Trump and the five individuals, who were wrongfully convicted for the 1989 rape and assault of a jogger in Central Park in New York City. The case involved investment banker Trisha Meili who went for a run in Central Park around 9 p.m.

Trump had taken out a full page newspaper ad at the time calling for the death penalty for those allegedly involved.

The five were later exonerated in 2002 after a confession from the perpetrator which was also backed by DNA evidence.

The Central Park Five and Trump have been locked in a contentious legal battle ever since.