Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is arguing against the efforts of Trump's legal team to change the judge in the former president's hush money case.

Bragg's Tuesday filing officially responded to the effort to remove the current judge from Trump's team.

Manhattan DA pushes back on Trump bid to remove judge in hush money case https://t.co/7r9Ol8pnGk

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 20, 2023

The argument

"The Court's participation in plea discussions involving Mr. Weisselberg was completely proper and displayed no favoritism or antagonism toward any party," prosecutors said.

"Meanwhile, Trump is also attempting to remove his case from state court into federal court completely. A hearing on that matter is slated for next week," the Washington Examiner added.

Trump pushes to move Stormy Daniels hush money case brought by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to federal court https://t.co/AO790nCQSk

— eleni rokaki 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 (@elenirokaki) June 17, 2023

Other moves

"Donald Trump has renewed his request to move the Stormy Daniels hush money case to federal court, where the drawn-out legal saga began — and he’s confident his legal arguments will get him off the hook," the New York Daily News reported.

"The beleaguered former president, who could potentially pardon himself if the case was moved and he wins the 2024 presidential election, argued in new filings that he should be tried in federal court because he was president when the alleged crimes occurred," it added.

Judge should toss Trump recusal bid in ‘hush money’ case: Manhattan DA https://t.co/yOrIskFZT9 pic.twitter.com/TSu1lRNKMT

— New York Post (@nypost) June 20, 2023

"Lawyers for Trump, 77, also argued that Merchan should leave the case because of $35 in political contributions he made in the 2020 presidential election and because he urged former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg to be a government witness," the New York Post wrote.

"But Matthew Colangelo, a prosecutor in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, alleges that Trump has a 'prolific history of baselessly accusing state and federal judges around the country of bias' and his recusal motion is 'an apparent effort … to select his own judge,'" it added.

The latest move is in addition to the case involving 34 counts against the former president over allegations of keeping classified documents at his Florida home that were found last year during an FBI raid.

Trump could face more serious consequences in the classified documents case, with its timing suspicious as it unfolds while President Joe Biden and his son face a House investigation over an alleged bribery scandal.

The Trump legal battles continue and likely plan to overlap with the GOP primaries early next year in his effort to return as president.