Justice Cynthia Kern's ruling is yet another loss for Trump, who has tried repeatedly to get the trial postponed.
JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAKA New York appeals court judge Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump's latest bid to delay his hush money trial while he fights a gag order.
The presumptive Republican nominee's lawyers argue the gag order is an unconstitutional prior restraint on Trump's free speech rights while he's campaigning for president and fighting criminal charges. Merchan expanded the gag order last week to prohibit comments about his own family after Trump lashed out on social media at his daughter, a Democratic political consultant, and made false claims about her.On Monday, Associate Justice Lizbeth González rejected the defense's request to delay the April 15 trial while Trump seeks to move his case out of heavily Democratic Manhattan.
Trump pleaded not guilty last year to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He has denied having a sexual encounter with Daniels. His lawyers argue the payments to Cohen were legitimate legal expenses. Merchan had long resisted imposing a gag order. At Trump's arraignment in April 2023, he admonished Trump not to make statements that could incite violence or jeopardize safety, but stopped short of muzzling him. At a subsequent hearing, Merchan noted Trump's "special" status as a former president and current candidate and said he was "bending over backwards" to ensure Trump has every opportunity "to speak in furtherance of his candidacy.
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