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Donald Trump's petition to hold his hush money criminal trial was denied Wednesday, marking nan 3rd clip this week his lawyers' attempts to hold nan proceedings person failed.
Trump's arguments for nan hold hinged connected 3 reasons: that Judge Juan M. Merchan should beryllium recused; nan requirements to record pre-motion letters were excessively restrictive; and nan defense should beryllium permitted to reason statesmanlike immunity arsenic a defense.
Former President Donald Trump, center, speaks to members of nan media successful nan hallway extracurricular a courtroom astatine Manhattan criminal tribunal successful New York City past month. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Lawyers from nan District Attorney's agency and nan tribunal management based on against a delay, calling Trump's arguments meritless. The court's lawyer said Merchan does not guidelines to use from nan result of nan trial.
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The erstwhile president's lawyers revenge paperwork Wednesday asking nan state's mid-level appeals tribunal to intervene and to rumor an bid preventing assemblage action from starting arsenic scheduled. Paperwork related to Trump's latest entreaty was sealed and nary documents were publically available.
A docket listing shows that Wednesday's action was framed arsenic a caller effort to writer Merchan nether a authorities rule known arsenic Article 78 that allows judges to beryllium sued complete immoderate judicial decisions.
Former President Donald Trump arrives astatine Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport successful Georgia past week. (Robin Rayne for Fox News Digital)
An appeals tribunal judge was expected to perceive arguments astatine an emergency proceeding Wednesday afternoon.
One appeals tribunal judge Monday rejected Trump's bid to hold nan proceedings while he seeks to move it retired of Manhattan. A different judge connected Tuesday denied a request, framed arsenic portion of a suit against Merchan, that nan proceedings beryllium delayed while Trump fights a gag bid imposed connected him successful caller weeks.
Trump has separately demanded that Merchan measurement speech from nan case, accusing him of bias and a conflict of interest, citing his daughter's activity arsenic nan caput of a patient whose clients person included President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and different Democrats.
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Merchan rejected a akin petition successful August and has not ruled connected Trump's pending request. The judge has besides yet to norm connected different defense hold request, which claims that Trump won't get a adjacent proceedings because of "prejudicial media coverage."
Last Wednesday, Merchan rejected nan presumptive Republican nominee's petition to hold nan proceedings until nan Supreme Court rules connected statesmanlike immunity claims he raised successful his Washington, D.C., predetermination interference case. The Supreme Court is slated to perceive arguments successful that matter connected April 25.
Stormy Daniels reacted to erstwhile President Donald Trump's arraignment pinch an X-rated tweet. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images/Photo by Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images)
Trump's hush-money trial, which is scheduled to commencement adjacent Monday, April 15, is nan first of his 4 criminal indictments slated to spell to proceedings and would beryllium nan first criminal proceedings ever of a erstwhile president.
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He is accused of falsifying his company's records to hide nan quality of payments to his erstwhile lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who helped Trump hide antagonistic stories during his 2016 campaign.
Cohen's activities included paying porn character Stormy Daniels $130,000 to suppress her claims of an extramarital intersexual brushwood pinch Trump years earlier.
Fox News' Maria Paronich and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Bradford Betz is simply a Fox News Digital breaking newsman covering crime, political issues, and overmuch more.
