Attorneys for Donald J. Trump have spent this week looking for to stave off the previous president’s trial on prices that he coated up a intercourse scandal.
They tried once more Wednesday. Once more, they failed.
In Mr. Trump’s newest last-minute bid to delay a trial that begins Monday, he filed a civil motion in an appeals courtroom in opposition to the decide within the case. It sought to delay the trial whereas the appeals courtroom reconsidered a number of of the decide’s rulings.
A single appellate courtroom decide, Ellen Gesmer, promptly rejected Mr. Trump’s request. Mr. Trump can now have his motion heard by a full panel of 5 appellate courtroom judges, however it could be practically unattainable for the courtroom to behave earlier than the trial begins.
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