Miami judge disqualified from Trump library case after courtroom hug
The Miami-Dade state court judge overseeing the legal battle surrounding Miami Dade College’s land donation to President Donald Trump’s $950 million presidential library was disqualified from the case following an alleged display of bias to the case’s plaintiff. An appellate panel found Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz showed bias to local Miami historian and activist Dr. Marvin Dunn by hugging him after a hearing in December, Law.com reported. Dunn sued Miami Dade College’s board of trustees last year after the board voted to donate a 2.6-acre parcel of land valued at $67 million to Trump’s planned presidential library. Judge Ruiz […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.
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