Judge rejects Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial until ruling on immunity

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (Mike Roemer/AP)

A judge has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.

Manhattan Judge Juan M Merchan deemed the former president’s request untimely, ruling that his lawyers had many opportunities to raise the immunity issue before they finally did so in a March 7 court filing.