Judge Denies Trump's Request to Delay Trial Due to Prejudicial Publicity

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : President Trump sought an adjournment of the trial, currently scheduled for April 15, in light of what his attorneys described in a March 18 court filing as "exceptionally prejudicial pretrial publicity, which is substantial, ongoing, and likely to increase.
41% : Trump sought to postpone proceedings on grounds that prejudicial publicity prevented a fair trial.
34% : In opposing the gag order, President Trump's legal team argued that he has a strong First Amendment right to make public statements about what he believes is a politically motivated prosecution.
26% : The judge imposed a gag order on President Trump on March 26, then expanded it on April 1 to prohibit him from making comments about the judge's and the district attorney's family members.
19% : Defense attorneys had argued that President Trump would not be able to seat an impartial jury in heavily Democrat-leaning Manhattan.
18% : The April 12 ruling was not by an appellate judge but by Justice Merchan, who's presiding over the case and who has been accused of bias by Trump counsel and has been asked to recuse himself twice from the case.
13% : The gag order came after President Trump accused Justice Merchan of bias and corruption and later alleged that his daughter, Loren Merchan, has a partisan interest in the case because she leads a political marketing firm that has represented President Trump's political opponents, receiving millions from them.
7% : "It's very unfair that we have this judge that hates Trump and has this tremendous conflict," President Trump said during an April 12 press conference.

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