BREAKING: Donald Trump suffers a crushing defeat as a New York appeals court rejects his desperate attempt to delay his hush money criminal trial while he argues against the standing gag order.
The details of this ruling are just too good...
Trump's shady attorneys absurdly tried to argue that the gag order — which bars Trump from attacking witnesses, court staff, prosecutors, as well as the judge's family — is actually a violation of Trump's right to free speech. They were hoping that the trial would be put on indefinite pause.
"The First Amendment harms arising from this gag order right now are irreparable," whined one of Trump's lawyers.
Prosecutors were unimpressed—
"This is not political debate. These are insults," said Steven Wu, the appellate chief for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Prosecutors further stated that Trump's attacks constitute a danger to "public interest in protecting the integrity of the trial."
Justice Cynthia Kern ultimately sided with prosecutors and denied Trump's request. It will now go before a five-judge panel for consideration — and likely rejection.
