Appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay hush money trial [Video]

A New York appeals court judge Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s latest bid to delay his hush money criminal trial while he fights a gag order, clearing the way for jury selection to begin next week.Video above: Trump gets expanded gag order in hush money trialJustice Cynthia Kern’s ruling is yet another loss for Trump, who has tried repeatedly to get the trial postponed.Trump’s lawyers had wanted the trial delayed until a full panel of appellate court judges could hear arguments on lifting or modifying a gag order that bans him from making public statements about jurors, witnesses and others connected to the hush-money case.The presumptive Republican nominee’s lawyers argue the gag order is an unconstitutional prior restraint on Trump’s free speech rights while he’s campaigning for president and fighting criminal charges.”The First Amendment harms arising from this gag order right now are irreparable,” Trump lawyer Emil Bove said …