Former U.S. President Donald Trump's request to delay his trial on criminal charges related to hush money paid to a porn star has been denied. Trump's lawyers argued for a delay to challenge a gag order in the case, but the request was swiftly denied. A full panel of appeals judges will later consider Trump's challenge to the gag order. Trump's separate request to move the trial out of heavily Democratic Manhattan was also denied.
Donald Trump on Tuesday lost his second last-ditch bid in as many days to delay his April 15 trial on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star .
At Tuesday’s hearing, Trump’s lawyer Emil Bove said Justice Juan Merchan’s order restricting his public comments should be modified to let him respond to public criticism leveled by potential witnesses in the case.Merchan imposed the order last month barring Trump from verbal attacks on potential witnesses, court staff and individual prosecutors after finding he made statements in various legal cases that the judge called “threatening, inflammatory” and “denigrating.
“They know what their names in the press may lead to,” Wu said. “This is a pattern of misconduct that causes predictable, terrifying consequences.”
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