Story · April 8, 2024
Judge rejects Trump bid to delay April 15 hush-money trial
By The Daily Fuckup Newsroom · From Trump’s April 8, 2024: the legal wall kept closing in
Trial delay denied
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Correction: Correction: the April 8 stay application was denied by Appellate Division Associate Justice Lizbeth González; it was not a ruling by Justice Lizbeth González of the trial court, and the application was tied to Trump’s Article 78 challenge to the April 1 gag-order clarification.
A New York appeals judge on April 8 rejected Donald Trump’s request to delay the start of his hush-money trial, keeping jury selection set for April 15. The order was a procedural loss for Trump, but it did not resolve the underlying criminal charges or say anything about guilt or innocence.
The ruling matters because Trump had been trying to slow the pace of the case as the trial date approached. By denying the request, the court left the trial calendar intact and closed off one path the defense had been pursuing to push the proceedings back. The case remained scheduled to move forward in Manhattan as planned.
Trump has continued to press procedural arguments in the case, but the April 8 decision put the focus back on the looming trial date rather than on another round of delay. For now, the key fact is simple: the April 15 jury selection date stayed put, and the criminal case was set to proceed on schedule.
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