Judge denies 11th-hour request by Trump to delay start of his “hush money” criminal trial

An appellate judge Monday denied an 11th hour request by former President Donald Trump seeking to delay the start of the trial in his New York criminal case.

Trump has made multiple attempts to push back the trial, this time by suing the judge just one week before jury selection is scheduled to begin.

In a pair of sealed filings Monday, Trump asked an appellate court for a change of venue in the case and for a stay of a gag order that prevents Trump from commenting publicly on, among others, the judge’s daughter, who works for a Democrat-aligned consulting firm, according to a source familiar with the filings.