Donald Trump’s request to use hush money to delay his criminal trial was denied on Wednesday, marking the third time this week that his lawyers’ attempts to delay the trial have failed.
Trump’s argument for delay rested on three grounds. That Judge Juan M. Machan should be removed from office. The requirements for filing a pre-petition letter were too restrictive. And the defense should be allowed to claim presidential immunity as a defense.
Former President Donald Trump (center) speaks to members of the media in the hallway outside the Manhattan Criminal Courtroom in New York City last month. (Spencer Pratt/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Lawyers for the district attorney’s office and court officials argued that Trump’s claims were baseless and opposed the delay. Court lawyers said Mr Marchand did not stand to benefit from the outcome of the trial.
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Lawyers for the former president filed papers Wednesday asking the state’s intermediate appellate court to intervene and issue an order preventing jury selection from starting as scheduled. Documents related to President Trump’s latest appeal were sealed and no documents were released.
A list of documents shows Wednesday’s lawsuit was framed as a new attempt to sue Mr. Marchand under Section 78 of the state law, which allows judges to sue over some judicial decisions.
Former President Donald Trump arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, last week. (Robin Lane, Fox News Digital)
Court of Appeals judges were scheduled to hear arguments in an emergency hearing Wednesday afternoon.
One appeals court judge on Monday rejected Trump’s bid to delay the trial, which sought to move it from Manhattan. On Tuesday, another judge rejected a request to delay the trial while Trump fights a gag order imposed in recent weeks as part of his case against Marchand.
Separately, Trump has accused his daughter of bias and conflicts of interest, citing her daughter’s work as the head of a company whose clients include President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats. , demanded that Mr. Marchand withdraw from the matter.
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Marchand denied a similar request in August and has not ruled on Trump’s pending request. The justices have also yet to rule on a separate defense delay request that claims President Trump will not receive a fair trial because of “biased media coverage.”
Last Wednesday, Marchan rejected the would-be Republican nominee’s request to postpone the case until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he brought in a Washington, D.C., election interference lawsuit. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on April 25.
Stormy Daniels responded to former President Donald Trump’s arraignment with a specific tweet. (Philip Farawan/Getty Images/Photo: Seth Wenigpour/Getty Images)
President Trump’s hush money trial, scheduled to begin next Monday, April 15, is the first of four criminal indictments against him scheduled for trial, and the first-ever criminal trial for a former president. becomes.
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He is accused of falsifying company records to hide the nature of payments to former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who helped bury negative stories about Trump during the 2016 campaign. has been done.
Mr. Cohen’s activities include paying $130,000 to porn actor Stormy Daniels to suppress her claims that she had an extramarital sexual relationship with Mr. Trump several years ago. Ta.
Fox News’ Maria Paronich and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
