“Their entire strategy for years and years has been delay, delay, delay,” said Jessica Levinson, a law professor at Loyola Marymount University.
“This is true in the federal cases, it’s true in the state cases — it’s been true of any inquiry, even, that he faces.
“When it comes to the timing, it certainly is the case that the later this goes, the better it is for Trump,” she said.
Trump’s attorneys appeared in court each of the past three days seeking delays of the imminent trial, but appeals judges in each instance rebuffed the efforts.
After previously expressing doubt that the trial would begin as planned, Trump seemingly acknowledged his trial will begin Monday following the recent string of defeats.
“On Monday I will be forced to sit, gagged, before a highly conflicted & corrupt judge, who hatred for me has no bounds,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday.
Though Trump’s options are running thin, he still has several matters pending before the trial judge.
Judge Juan Merchan has not yet ruled on his demand for an indefinite delay due to “prejudicial pretrial publicity,” contending the immense public attention has led Manhattan residents to prejudge Trump’s guilt.
The Hill’s Ella Lee and Zach Schonfeld dig deeper here.
