Appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay criminal trial

An appeals court decision means the first of Donald Trump’s four criminal trials will start as scheduled on April 15 (Steve Helber/AP)

A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday rejected the latest bid by former US president Donald Trump to delay his hush money criminal trial, a week before jury selection was set to start.

Mr Trump’s lawyers had wanted the trial postponed indefinitely while he fights a gag order that bars him from commenting about jurors, witnesses and others connected to the hush money case.