Trump Files Appeal a Week Before ‘Hush Money’ Trial Begins

Published on April 8, 2024

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump filed an appeal on Monday and requested interim relief, or a stay, just one week before his first criminal case was set to go to trial in New York. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is prosecuting President Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to an alleged “hush money” payment scheme to influence the 2016 elections. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, presiding over the case, has criticized the defense more than once for what he described as attempts to delay the case. The defense has indeed filed a flurry of motions and pre-motion letters in the last days leading up to the case, protesting a gag order and its expansion, citing changed circumstances that warrant the judge’s removal, and arguing a presidential immunity defense that will soon be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court....

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