Defeat for Donald Trump: Judge rejects immunity in hush money trial. Judge Juan Merchan rejects Trump's request to postpone the proceedings until the Supreme Court decides on the question of the president's immunity.
The former US President and Republican candidate in the 2024 US election had already made this argument in all other trials. The Manhattan case stems from a hush-money deal struck with porn star Stormy Daniels in the final days of the 2016 campaign. In Florida, where Trump is accused of mishandling classified documents, a Trump-appointed judge has not yet set a final trial date.