It was the third time this week that Trump’s lawyers tried to delay his trial on charges that he falsified business documents to cover up an affair before the 2016 election. Trump, the first former president to face criminal charges, has also been indicted on various charges in three other jurisdictions and has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
President Trump’s lawyer Emile Bove argued in the emergency lawsuit against Gesmer that New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Mercian should recuse himself.
Prosecutors and court lawyers representing Mr Marchand said the delay was unreasonable.
Marchan filed a complaint last year after Trump’s lawyers filed a complaint about the judge’s daughter’s profession as a political consultant and the judge’s small contributions to Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign and progressive groups. , refused to resign from the New York criminal case.
Mr. Marchan’s adult daughter runs a political consulting and marketing firm that has created campaign materials for the Biden and Harris campaigns, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and other prominent Democrats. It’s here.
Mr. Trump’s lawyers recently filed a new motion arguing that Mr. Marchand should recuse himself in the interests of impartiality. It was not immediately clear whether Machan had issued a ruling, but the decision had not been made public.
New York judges are supposed to bend over in situations that could appear patronizing.
Jury selection for Trump’s first criminal trial and the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president is scheduled to begin Monday in Manhattan. He is likely to be the Republican candidate to challenge President Biden in the November election.
On Tuesday, a New York Court of Appeals judge denied Mr. Trump’s request to delay the trial, and the gag order against Mr. Marchand remained in effect.
On Monday, another appeals court judge rejected Mr. Trump’s attempt to delay the trial, but he did not want a change of venue in the Manhattan suburbs, a largely liberal part of the state. An appeal was underway to determine whether the
President Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford) just before the 2016 election. . Prosecutors say the payments were intended to keep her quiet about what she claims was sexual contact with President Trump years ago.
Prosecutors say Trump’s payments to former lawyer Michael Cohen, who made the payments to Daniels, were illegally used as legal fees, even though they were intended to support Trump’s campaign. Documented. Mr. Trump has maintained his innocence.
