A New York appeals court judge rejected former President Trump's attempt to delay the trial in the hush money payments case on Tuesday. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump's gag order, imposed by Judge Juan Merchan, prevents him from speaking about jurors, witnesses and others in the trial.
Merchan agreed to impose the gag after prosecutors with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's office argued that Trump has a "long history of making public and inflammatory remarks" in court.
Trump and his attorneys filed a motion requesting that Merchan be recused from the trial altogether, due to his daughter's Democrat-affiliated political work and his alleged "hostility" against the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The charges are related to alleged hush-money payments he made to Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. (Photo by Barry Williams for NY Daily News via Getty Images)
Bragg alleges that Trump "repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election."
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Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Fox News Brooke Singman contributed to this report
Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
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