New York appeals judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to delay hush money trial
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Donald Trump delivers a speech in 2016 at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.
NEW YORK — A New York appeals court judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan.
The decision came Monday, a week before jury selection was set to start.
Trump’s lawyers had argued at an emergency hearing that the trial should be postponed while they seek a change of venue to move it out of heavily Democratic Manhattan.
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