New York appeals court declines to hear Trump's challenge to gag order in hush money case
The New York Court of Appeals declined to hear former President Donald Trump's appeal of the gag order in the hush money case in which he was convicted last month.
The New York Court of Appeals on Tuesday declined to hear former President Donald Trump's appeal of the gag order in the hush money case in which he was convicted last month.
The court said it was dismissing the appeal "upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved."
That means the gag order imposed on Trump by state Judge Juan Merchan is still in effect.
Trump first asked the appeals court in mid-May, before he was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, to eliminate the gag order that has restricted Trump from making comments about members of the jury, witnesses, court staff and prosecutors.
Trump repeatedly railed against the gag order throughout the trial, which lasted about a month and a half. The former president was found to have violated the order mutiple times, which led to Merchan fining Trump $10,000 and threatening to put him in jail if it happened again.
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