Judge in Hush Money Case Denies Trump’s Latest Bid To Delay Trial Due to ‘Overwhelmingly Biased’ Manhattan Jurors, ‘Demonized’ Ex-President
Judge Juan Merchan said Mr. Trump’s request to delay his trial was ‘not tenable’.
President Trump’s request to postpone his looming hush-money trial indefinitely, because the vast amount of pre-trial media coverage has “demonized” him, was denied by the presiding New York State Supreme Court Judge, Juan Merchan, on Friday evening.
“The remedy that Defendant seeks is an indefinite adjournment,” Judge Merchan wrote in his order. “This is not tenable.”
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