Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers recently filed yet another appeal in their failed last-ditch efforts to delay the criminal trial in New York, as the former president faces 34 charges about a hush-money scheme to bury compromising stories of his alleged affairs via Independent.
The court judges have already shot down two of his attempts this week. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on 15 April.
It has come to light that his latest appeal, reportedly viewed by CNN ahead of the two-page filing was sealed on the public docket on Wednesday, challenges New York Justice Juan Merchan’s refusal to hear Mr Trump’s argument that “presidential immunity” shields his “official acts” from prosecution.
Trump’s attorneys also are challenging the judge’s “refusal” to recuse himself from the trial. Meanwhile, the attorneys have asked for an appeals court to hold a hearing on 6 May. The filing does not request an emergency hearing for a delay, but the move from Trump’s legal team marks yet another attempt to derail the case as it heads to his first-ever criminal trial.
The filing on Wednesday heeds rejections from state appeals court judges who shot down a couple of attempts to delay the trial while he argues to move the case out of Manhattan and as he challenges a gag order that bars him from publicly attacking court staff and their families.
