A New York state appeals court has denied former President Donald Trump’s request to lift a gag order imposed in his business records falsification case, with the order remaining in place until the former president’s sentencing.
The Appellate Division, First Department issued an opinion on Aug. 1, stating that it had reviewed Trump’s challenge to the gag order, which was imposed in March by New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, but opted to keep it in place until Trump’s sentencing in September.
A jury found the former president guilty in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records….