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Judge agrees to recuse himself from Central Park Five defamation suit against Trump

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Federal judge Michael Baylson agreed to recuse himself from overseeing the Central Park Five’s defamation lawsuit against President-elect Trump .

The Central Park 5 sued Trump for defamation last month over his comments at a presidential debate about their wrongful convictions.

The five Black and Hispanic teenagers were wrongfully found guilty of the 1989 rape and assault of a woman jogging in New York City's Central Park .

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