Trump can’t postpone hush money trial while gag order is appealed [Video]

This may be the fastest that Donald Trump has had one of his delay efforts slapped down.

Jury selection in Trump’s felony case for falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments intended to hide his affair with Stormy Daniels is scheduled to begin in less than a week. Now, the former president is desperate to hold it off.

As other challenges — including attacks on the judge and his family and demands for recusal — failed, Trump’s attorneys filed a lawsuit to appeal.

They wanted to force Judge Juan Merchan off the case, and/or have the case delayed. The filing requested a change of venue, citing pre-trial publicity that could make it harder to select an impartial jury.

However, the most obvious problem with that claim is that the publicity isn’t localized, and won’t be lessened by changing venue.

The prosecution called Trump out on this, and Judge …