(NEW YORK) — New York’s highest court on Tuesday declined to take up a challenge to the limited gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump by the judge who oversaw his criminal hush money trial. The New York Court of Appeals rejected Trump’s appeal “upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved.”Judge Juan Merchan prohibited Trump from discussing witnesses, jurors and others associated with his criminal trial, which ended in a conviction last month. A jury found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, an adult film actress, in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been convicted on criminal charges. All rights reserved.

Source: Ethiopian News June 19, 2024 08:08 UTC