Donald Trump is in the midst of a legal battle over his now-defunct Trump University and in his latest comments, the GOP presumptive nominee said that he felt a Muslim or Mexican judge handling the case might not give a fair verdict as they could be biased.

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Trump's remarks come after he made public comments against Mexicans as well as Muslims living in the United States, suggesting that Mexican immigrants are the ones responsible for violence and rapes in the country. As for his anti-Muslim comment, he pointed out days after the Paris attacks that there should be a database for Muslims and they should not be allowed to enter the country.

Trump was on CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday, where he shared that a judge with a Mexican or Muslim heritage should be disqualified from handling the Trump university case. He pointed out that such judges could not remain neutral over the case and they could be biased.

The comments come in the wake of his criticism of Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel, a federal judge in California, who is overseeing the lawsuit against Trump University.

In his statement, Trump pointed out that Curiel had a conflict of interest in the case due to the real estate mogul's proposed border wall in order to keep Mexicans from coming to the United States illegally.

Other Republicans hoped that Trump's comments against Mexican and Muslim judges would soften in his CBS interview as it could hurt his chance of winning the general elections this November.

As for his comments over a Muslim judge handling the case, Trump said that a Muslim judge would also share the same bias as a Mexican judge like Curiel due to his proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country.

Trump has been targeting Curiel on the campaign trail for months now and has even called the judge a "hater" at a San Diego rally. Trump's comments were made in spite of the fact that Curiel was born in Indiana, appointed by a Republication, and battled Mexican drug cartels when he served as a federal prosecutor.

Curiel ordered the unsealing of the documents in the Trump University case on Friday. The university faces one lawsuit in New York and California. The school, Trump, and other officials are being accused of fraud and are being asked to pay back the tuition that amounted to around $35,000 per person.

Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has presented testimonies from students saying that Trump University helped them and lived up to its promises. 

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