Appeals Judge Shuts Down Another Trump Attempt to Delay Hush-Money Trial

An appeals court judge rejected another attempt by Donald Trump to have his hush-money trial in New York City pushed back on Monday, ruling he and his attorneys are not entitled to postpone proceedings while they try to have the trial moved from Manhattan.

The ruling, made by Judge Lizbeth Gonzalez, comes a week before Trump’s trial is set to begin jury selection, and just hours after reports emerged that he plans to file a lawsuit against Judge Juan Merchan to contest his gag order in the case—seemingly another last-second delay tactic.

Trump has had no luck in having his New York trial postponed, but his lawyers have had success in having his other criminal trials—in Miami, Washington, and Atlanta—pushed back for different reasons.

Read more at The Daily Beast.