New York appeals court judge has rejected former US President Donald Trump request to delay his 15 April hush-money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan.
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Former Us President Donald Trump lawyers had argued at an emergency hearing that the trial should be postponed while they seek a change of venue to move it out of heavily Democratic Manhattan.
Former Us President Donald Trump was ready on Monday to sue the judge in his New York hush-money case a week before the start of the much-anticipated trial, another attempt by the former president to delay legal proceedings against him.
Court records indicating the filing of sealed documents and two unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter, the aim was to delay trial and challenge a gag order imposed by the judge.
Former Us President Donald Trump Facing 34 criminal charges related to hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels an adult film star who claimed an affair with him, Trump has pleaded not guilty.
The trial is set for Manhattan next Monday and will be the first criminal trial involving a former US president Donald Trump.
US attorney turned law professor and commentator Harry Litman said...
“Trump’s latest desperate move of personally suing Merchan in the appellate division is reminiscent of his initial gambit in Palm Beach, where judge Cannon permitted him to take the whole action off track.
“But won’t happen here. Imagine if a criminal defendant could do this ..”
Former Us President Donald Trump faces 54 other criminal charges, 40 in Florida, over his retention of classified information after leaving office, and 14 over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election & 10 in Georgia and 4 in Washington DC.
In the Donald Trump hush-money case, Merchan last week denied an attempt to delay trial until the US supreme court rules on Donald Trump claim of immunity regarding any act committed in office, lodged in his federal election subversion case.
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