Trump hush-money judge’s latest gag order is retaliation — and could lead to even more delays: Analysis

Left: Judge Juan Merchan poses for a picture in his chambers in New York, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Merchan is presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York (AP Photo/Seth Wenig). Right: FILE - Former President Donald Trump is escorted to a courtroom, April 4, 2023, in New York (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File).

Left: Judge Juan Merchan poses for a picture in his chambers in March (AP Photo/Seth Wenig). Right: Donald Trump is escorted to a New York courtroom in April (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File).

A federal judge for the second time put the kibosh on Donald Trump’s attempt to remove his hush-money case from New York state court, but before the day was done on Tuesday lawyers for the former president filed their notice of appeal.

“Notice is hereby given that President Donald J. Trump, the above-captioned defendant, appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,” said the notice submitted by Emil Bove and Todd Blanche, challenging Senior U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s refusal.

Last Thursday, the defense filed their removal notice in the hopes of shutting down a Sept. 18 sentencing date, vacating Trump’s 34 falsification of business records guilty verdicts, and potentially setting the stage for dismissing the state prosecution in federal court, based on the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling in Trump v. United States and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s (D) use of “official acts” evidence, including tweets, at trial.

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