The court wrote in a brief order that "no substantial constitutional question is directly involved," and Trump's appeal was dismissed.
On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals tossed out 2024 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s appeal of the gag order in place in the falsified business records case brought forth by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
The court wrote in a brief order that "no substantial constitutional question is directly involved," and the former president’s appeal was dismissed, according to The Hill.
The order has remained partially in effect after Trump’s May conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business expenses, with Trump allowed to make statements about witnesses and jurors, but barred from making statements about prosecutors involved in the case or their families. Trump is allowed to make statements about Bragg and Judge Juan Merchan.
Trump’s sentencing in the case has been postponed until November 26. It was scheduled to take place on September 18.
Trump argued that the gag order had violated the First Amendment rights of himself as well as his supporters, noting his status as a 2024 presidential candidate. He asked the high court to hear his case after it was rejected in lower courts.
The state’s top court previously declined to hear Trump’s appeal of the full gag order, writing at the time that "no substantial constitutional question is directly involved" with the gag order in place. His latest appeal regarded the partial gag order left in place.
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