Trump asks appeal court to intervene in last-minute bid to delay hush-money case

Lawyers for Donald Trump are bidding to delay his hush-money trial (Manuel Balce Ceneta/PA)

Donald Trump asked a New York appeals court on Monday to reverse his gag order and move his hush-money criminal trial out of Manhattan in an 11-hour bid for a delay just a week before it is scheduled to start.

A judge in the state’s mid-level appeals court was to hold an emergency hearing on Monday afternoon after the former president’s lawyers filed paperwork challenging Manhattan Judge Juan M Merchan’s pre-trial rulings.