For the third time in three days, an appeals court rejected Trump’s request to stay the hushed up criminal trial.
MSNBC’s Lisa Rubin posted:
This led me to wonder: How many judges on that bench have had to rule on motions or appeals in Trump cases this year? 2/
— Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) April 10, 2024
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This time Trump was trying to request an emergency stay so he could appeal the ruling that he does not have presidential immunity and try to get Judge Merchan to recuse himself. The last request for a stay was successful like all the others. It was rejected by the appeals court.
Trump appears to be frantic and desperate to avoid prosecution in the election interference/silence case.
While Republicans have said criminal trials help Trump, the reality is that it would be a possibly fatal blow to his 2024 presidential campaign if he were convicted of a crime in New York. Unlike other criminal cases pending against Trump, the silence case has a simple, easy-to-follow plot.
Donald Trump cheated on his wife with Stormy Daniels and then hatched an illegal plan to pay her off and keep her quiet during the 2016 election.
Trump doesn’t want to go to trial. Republicans also think he will be convicted and, importantly, Trump is out of options to delay the criminal trial before jury selection begins on Monday.
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