Former President Donald Trump’s bid to delay his New York hush money trial was denied by a judge.
Trump’s last-minute attempt to delay the trial argued that a fair and impartial jury couldn’t be selected in New York City and so there should be a change in venue. The motion was denied by the New York Appellate Division’s 1st Department.
“Defendant’s application for a stay of trial … pending the determination of defendant’s motion for change of venue, is denied,” Justice Lizbeth Gonzalez ruled Monday.
Trump’s lawyers argued that “polling and quantitative analysis of media coverage shows that a fair and impartial jury cannot be selected right now based on prejudicial pretrial publicity.”
With the denial of the motion, jury selection will begin on April 15.
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Trump was indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg last year on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records over an alleged hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges and vehemently maintains his innocence.
