"Judge Denies Trump's Request to Delay Hush Money Trial Over Pretrial Publicity"

The judge in Donald Trump's hush money criminal case has rejected his request to delay the trial due to pretrial publicity, stating that the idea of indefinite delay is "not tenable." The judge pointed out that Trump himself has contributed to the publicity with his public statements and social media activity. Trump's lawyers argued that the jury pool was biased, but the judge stated that questioning prospective jurors would address any concerns about their impartiality. Trump's hush money case is the first of his four criminal indictments to go to trial and would be the first criminal trial ever of a former president.