Three days ahead of the start of the first criminal trial of a former U.S. President, the judge presiding over the case denied a motion made by Donald Trump's legal team aiming to delay the proceedings. In Judge Juan Merchan's
NEW YORK >> The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case today turned down the former president’s request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case.
By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Judge Juan Merchan has rejected yet another attempt by former President Donald Trump to delay his criminal hush money trial set to begin in New York on Monday. Merchan issued an order Friday denying a motion from Trump’s attorneys to delay the trial due to excessive pretrial publicity.
By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Judge Juan Merchan has rejected yet another attempt by former President Donald Trump to delay his criminal hush money trial set to begin in New York on Monday. Merchan issued an order Friday denying a motion from Trump’s attorneys to delay the trial due to excessive pretrial publicity.
Judge Juan Merchan made a last-minute ruling Friday that denied Donald Trump's attempt to stop his New York hush money trial, claiming pretrial publicity made it impossible for him to get a fair trial.The first of the former president's criminal cases to go before a jury is now almost certain to start Monday.In just four pages, Merchan shot down the argument that the publicity meant it would be impossible to find impartial jurors in Manhattan.Experts have pointed out that Trump himself has spent...
The former president lost yet another 11th hour attempt to stall the trial
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case has turned down the former president's request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case. It’s the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various courts this week as he fights to stave off the trial’s start Monday with jury selection. Among other things, Trump’s lawyers argue that the jury pool has been deluged with what the defense sees as “exceptionally prejudicial” news coverage of the case. The...
NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president’s request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case. It’s the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various courts this week as he fights to stave off […]
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case has turned down the former president's request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case. It’s the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various courts this week as he fights to stave off the trial’s start Monday with jury selection. Among other things, Trump’s lawyers argue that the jury pool has been deluged with what the defense sees as “exceptionally prejudicial” news coverage of the case. The...
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It's the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various courts this week as he fights to stave off the trial's start Monday with jury selection.