12/05/2023

Court Denies Trump's Bid for Expedited Review of Gag Order in Fraud Trial

The judge refused to allow him to fast-track his request

On Monday, the state of New York's highest court denied a bid by former President Donald Trump to fast-track his appeal of a gag order as defense testimony resumed in his $250 million civil fraud trial.

Trump's lawyers began the day Monday with a filing urging New York's Court of Appeals to grant an expedited review of his request to vacate a ruling by a panel of state appellate court judges upholding a gag order imposed on the former president by trial Judge Arthur Engoron.

Trump is scheduled to take the stand in his own defense on Dec. 11, spurring his legal team to have the gag order lifted before then.

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