On Tuesday the New York Appeals Court denied Donald Trump’s effort to delay his hush money criminal trial while he argues against a gag order the judge overseeing the case imposed.
Judge Juan Merchan’s gag order bars Trump from attacking witnesses, prosecutors, court staff, and the judge’s family.
The Hill has more:
During an emergency hearing Tuesday before Justice Cynthia Kern, Trump’s lawyers argued that banning public statements about those individuals is an unconstitutional prior restraint on his right to free speech while running for president and mounting his defense.
“The First Amendment harms arising from this gag order right now are irreparable,” said Trump lawyer Emil Bove, according to the Associated Press.
State prosecutors countered that Trump’s remarks threaten the “public interest in protecting the integrity of the trial.”
“This is not political debate. These are insults,” Steven Wu, appellate chief for the Manhattan district attorney’s office, said of Trump’s statements, according to the AP.
Trump is scheduled to head to trial in his New York criminal case on April 15.
The former president faces 34 charges linked to hush money payments made by his ex-fixer to porn actress Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 election. He has pleaded not guilty.
On Monday, a judge in New York denied a separate request for a delay in his hush money trial. Trump’s attorneys argued for the trial to be relocated from Manhattan and postponed as they pursue the matter.
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Trump will never get a fair & impartial hearing in New York City due to liberals, judges, prosecutors.
No, Trump will Never get a fair hearing in NY city because of all the corrupt judges and prosecutors. It’s not Fair to Him at all. He has done nothing wrong. This is nothing short of a witch hunt created by Biden and his cronies! We have got to Impeach Biden and put him and his family in prison. They are getting away with everything evil. They are going to suffer the wrath of God!!!!!
How do you challenge the integrity of a trial that has no integrity?
Damn Judges in on crimes by Dems
I believe a person is deemed innocent until proven guilty. There are no facts that Trump is guilty only a one-sided speculation from NY DA’s! This is Not American! Definition of Non-Disclosure Agreements: A non-disclosure agreement (NDA), also known as a confidentiality agreement (CA), confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), proprietary information agreement (PIA), or secrecy agreement (SA), is a legal contract or part of a contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes but wish to restrict access to. Doctor–patient confidentiality (physician–patient privilege), attorney–client privilege, priest–penitent privilege and bank–client confidentiality agreements are examples of NDAs, which are often not enshrined in a written contract between the parties.
This Attorney-Client “Stormy Daniels” Agreement appears to be legal and agreed to by both parties! It should be filed as a legal expense! She admitted after “exposing a lie” that she never had sex with DJT. NY AG is ignoring the REAL facts of this case to “GET TRUMP!” That in it self is illegal!!! The NY Court is spreading false information about what Stormy was all about! That is perjury against the NY AG! Shame on them telling falsehoods about Trump without merit in a court of law!