NEW: Judge Denies Trump Bid to Delay Bragg Trial

A judge has denied former President Donald Trump's last-minute attempt Monday to delay his criminal trial in New York and move the case out of Manhattan.

Judge Lizbeth Gonzalez denied it without explanation in a one-sentence order.

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Trump's attorneys asked an intermediary appellate court to stay the April 15 trial date, arguing overwhelming pretrial publicity made it impossible to find a fair and impartial jury even with a rigorous jury selection process.

Ed Morrissey

The problem with this argument is twofold. First, a delay will not substantially address this issue. Donald Trump has never been popular in Manhattan, and a delay won't help ease that problem. The second is that Trump is too well-known everywhere else too, so a change of venue won't ameliorate the issue either. 

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