NEW YORK – Donald Trump’s lawyers were in a New York appeals court on Monday in a bid to try to delay his impending criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records related to hush payments to an adult film actress. .
Lawyers for the former president filed papers in the state Appellate Division arguing that the trial should be delayed while Trump challenges a partial gag order against him and argues that setting the trial in Manhattan would be unfair, said a source with direct knowledge of the action. to our sister network NBC news.
The risky legal maneuvers come exactly one week before the scheduled start of the first criminal trial against a former president.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
This story was originally written in English for NBC news. Read it here.
2024-04-09 04:09:57
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