Tag Archives: Loren Merchan

Third appeals court judge in three days rejects Trump’s request to delay hush money trial

An appeals court judge is rejecting former President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay the start of the hush money trial on the grounds that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution. The decision marks the third time in three days that Trump has unsuccessfully lobbied an appeals court to delay the first-ever criminal trial of… Read More »

Donald Trump demands a new judge just days before the start of his hush-money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Former president Donald Trump demands a new judge just days before his hush-money criminal trial is set to begin, repeating long-standing grievances with the current judge in a long-running, eleventh-hour effort to disrupt and delay the case. Trump’s lawyers — echoing his recent complaints on social media — urged Manhattan Judge… Read More »

Judge extends Trump’s gag order after social media posts by the ex-president about the judge’s daughter

NEW YORK (AP) — Into court Donald TrumpThe April 15 hush-money criminal trial declared his family off-limits Monday over the former president’s grudge, extending a gag order days after Trump attacked his daughter and made false claims about her on social media. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan modified a week-old ban on Trump making public… Read More »