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- Tacopina said Trump has a "right to have an issue with everything" since he's being "politically persecuted."
- Tacopina, however, said he has no reason to believe the Manhattan judge will be biased against the former president.
- Judge Juan Manuel Merchan, who Trump claims "HATES" him, has beefed up security at the courthouse.
Joe Tacopina, an attorney for Donald Trump, said the former president has a "right to have an issue with everything" after Trump claimed a judge involved in his Manhattan criminal case was biased against him.