Author: MICHAEL R. SISAK – Associated Press
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Judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity
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NEW YORK (AP) – A judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan declared the request untimely, ruling that Trump’s lawyers had “myriad opportunities” to…
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Judge expands Trump’s gag order after ex-president’s social media posts about judge’s daughter
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NEW YORK (AP) – The judge in Donald Trump’s April 15 hush-money criminal trial declared his family off-limits to the former president’s rancor on Monday, expanding a gag order days after Trump assailed his daughter and made false claims about her on social media. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan amended a week-old ban on Trump…
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Judge issues gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money case
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NEW YORK (AP) – A New York judge Tuesday issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial, citing the former president’s history of “threatening, inflammatory, denigrating” remarks about people involved in his legal cases. Judge Juan M. Merchan’s decision, echoing…
