Trump files appeal in hush money criminal case a week before trial

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First-ever speedcubing competition in P.E.I. draws large crowd | SaltWire #rubikscube #charlottetownNEW YORK - Donald Trump on Monday filed a notice of appeal in the former U.S. president's New York criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star - a last-ditch effort to delay his scheduled April 15 trial.

The New York Times and CNN said the appeal would challenge a gag order by Justice Juan Merchan blocking Trump from speaking publicly about potential witnesses, court staff, individual prosecutors and family members of the judge and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the charges. Trump's campaign has said the order violates his right to free speech under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.

 

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