Judge denies Trump's last-minute effort to delay criminal hush money trial

Former President Donald Trump couldn't convince a judge to push back his criminal hush money trial set to begin on April 15 in New York City, according to new reports.

Judge Lizbeth Gonzalez denied the former president's request to move the venue out of New York City without explanation in a one-sentence order, according to multiple reports.

"Defendant's application for a stay of trial... pending the determination of defendant's motion for change of venue, is denied," reads the ruling shared by Law360 reporter Frank Runyeon..

Trump's lawyers attempted to sway an intermediary appellate court to pause the upcoming date suggesting it would be impossible to find an impartial jury.

"In terms of prejudicial pretrial publicity in this county, this case stands alone," wrote defense attorney Emil Bove, arguing there had not been a case with so much attention since the 1999 police killing of Amadou Diallo.

Moreover, the defense submitted that too many people in Manhattan harbor a negative bias against Trump.

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