Justice Lizbeth Gonzalez of the state's mid-level appeals court rejected Donald Trump's request to postpone his April 15 hush money criminal trial in Manhattan, where he faces charges. Trump's lawyers had sought an indefinite delay while attempting to move the trial to a different location due to concerns about potential prejudice and news coverage affecting potential jurors.
Trump's lawyers argued that the Manhattan jury pool has been tainted by media coverage of his other recent legal battles, including substantial civil judgments. They claimed that moving the trial out of Manhattan was necessary to ensure a fair jury selection process. The hush money trial is the first criminal indictment out of four that Trump is facing and is historically significant as it marks an unprecedented criminal trial for a former president.
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