Trump hush money case delay effort ‘dead loser from the get-go’: CNN legal analyst

Former White House ethics director Norm Eisen criticized former President Donald Trump’s failed efforts to delay the hush money case in New York.

“I was a complete loser from the beginning,” Eisen said in a video Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” with host Wolf Blitzer. highlighted Written by Mediaite.

The same day, the Empire State Court of Appeals rejected the former president’s bid to halt the hush-money trial, arguing that it should be heard outside of Manhattan.

The court’s decision came after an emergency hearing that featured arguments from Trump’s lawyers who argued that Democratic-heavy Manhattan was not the place to hear the case. Instead, the former president’s lawyers suggested the trial should be held on red Staten Island, which Trump won in 2016 and 2020.

Eisen also mentioned questionnaires for jury selection in hush-money cases, saying it can remove bias rather than drive the case. He also said “aid.”[o]”Of course.” Trump will push through with his proposal to delay the hush money trial.

“By my count, Mr. Wolf, this is his ninth delay tactic, because he is very nervous about facing a jury on election interference charges,” Eisen continued. .

President Trump’s hush money lawsuit charges him with 34 counts of falsifying business records, and the trial is scheduled to begin next week. The 34 charges relate to hush money paid by former lawyer Michael Cohen to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair before the 2016 election. The former president has maintained his innocence.