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NY judge rejects Trump's request to delay hush money trial
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A New York appeals court judge rejected Donald Trump's bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan; Justice Lizbeth González made her ruling after an emergency hearing where Trump's lawyers asked to postpone the trial indefinitely while they seek a change of venue; Trump lawyer Emil Bove argued that the presumptive Republican nominee faces 'real potential prejudice' as a defendant in heavily Democratic Manhattan; Trump has suggested on social media that the trial should be moved to Staten Island; Steven Wu, appellate chief for the Manhattan district attorney's office, noted that trial Judge Juan Merchan had already rejected Trump's requests to move or delay the trial as untimely; In a separate appellate matter, Trump's lawyers are also challenging a gag order imposed on him in the case, which Merchan recently expanded to prohibit Trump from making comments about the judge's family; Trump had pledged to appeal after Merchan ruled last month that the trial would begin April 15; Trump is accused of falsifying his company's records to hide the nature of payments to his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who helped him bury negative stories during his 2016 campaign; Trump pleaded not guilty last year to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records; Trump's lawyers argue the payments to Cohen were legitimate legal expenses
#DonaldTrump #HushMoneyTrial #NewYork #Manhattan #StatenIsland
https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/09/ny-judge-rejects-trumps-request-to-delay-hush-money-trial/
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A New York appeals court judge rejected Donald Trump's bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan; Justice Lizbeth González made her ruling after an emergency hearing where Trump's lawyers asked to postpone the trial indefinitely while they seek a change of venue; Trump lawyer Emil Bove argued that the presumptive Republican nominee faces 'real potential prejudice' as a defendant in heavily Democratic Manhattan; Trump has suggested on social media that the trial should be moved to Staten Island; Steven Wu, appellate chief for the Manhattan district attorney's office, noted that trial Judge Juan Merchan had already rejected Trump's requests to move or delay the trial as untimely; In a separate appellate matter, Trump's lawyers are also challenging a gag order imposed on him in the case, which Merchan recently expanded to prohibit Trump from making comments about the judge's family; Trump had pledged to appeal after Merchan ruled last month that the trial would begin April 15; Trump is accused of falsifying his company's records to hide the nature of payments to his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who helped him bury negative stories during his 2016 campaign; Trump pleaded not guilty last year to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records; Trump's lawyers argue the payments to Cohen were legitimate legal expenses
#DonaldTrump #HushMoneyTrial #NewYork #Manhattan #StatenIsland
https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/09/ny-judge-rejects-trumps-request-to-delay-hush-money-trial/