The long-shot legal maneuvers to halt the criminal trial of a former president have been rejected by the judge, who stated that an impartial jury can still be selected despite pretrial publicity. The trial is scheduled to start in one week.
The long-shot legal maneuvers came exactly one week before the first criminal trial of a former president is scheduled to startargued the trial needed to be halted because"an impartial jury cannot be selected right now based on prejudicial pretrial publicity ." The judge rejected the request in a one-line ruling late Monday afternoon with no explanation.
The long-shot legal maneuver came exactly one week before the first criminal trial of a former president is scheduled to start.The hearing on the venue challenge took place Monday afternoon, with Trump attorney Emil Bove arguing that jury selection cannot proceed in a fair manner because of all the publicity surrounding the case, and that the gag order against his client is unconstitutional.
Trump's attorneys filed the challenge as a lawsuit invoking a provision of New York law known as Article 78. An Article 78 challenges allows litigants, whether in ongoing litigation or otherwise, to seek relief from allegedly unlawful state or local government action.Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again
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