Donald Trump Suffers Two Legal Blows in Hush Money Case in 24 Hours [Video]

Two separate Donald Trump appeals in his hush money case were rejected on Thursday, as New York’s Court of Appeals turned down the former president’s requests to lift a gag order and to delay his sentencing.

The court rejected the appeal in a two-line judgment, noting that “no substantial constitutional question is directly involved.”

The gag order was put in place to stop Trump criticizing court staff, the jury and family members of the judge and prosecutors.

The Republican presidential nominee, faced trial in New York City on 34 counts of falsifying business records for hush money payments made to former adult film actor Stormy Daniels.

On May 30, a jury convicted Trump on all 34 counts and Judge Juan Merchan is due to sentence him on November 26.