Appeals Court Refuses To Pause Trump’s NYC Trial

Law & Crime reports:

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have once again failed to convince a New York appeals court to pause his hush-money trial.

Though well past the 11th hour, or even the 12th hour, the 45th president’s defense team sought to pump the brakes on his by-now in-progress criminal trial over a series of allegations against New York County Supreme Court Justice Juan M. Merchan in a three-pronged appeal filed with the First Judicial Department Appellate Division.

Late on Tuesday, the appeals court rejected the defense’s motion. To hear the defense tell it, recent acknowledgments from Bragg that the state intends to use some of Trump’s social media posts — from when he was president — implicate presidential immunity arguments.

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‘The motion is denied’: Appeals court once again refuses to pause Trump’s ongoing hush-money trial over allegations judge ‘acted in excess’ of his jurisdiction https://t.co/XRIxvNYPKE

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