In New York, Justice Ellen Gesmer held an afternoon hearing Tuesday on whether Trump’s hush-money sentencing, set for Friday, could go forward. Shortly after the hearing concluded, she issued a ...

Trump files another last-ditch attempt to delay hush money trial Key players: Appeals Court Judge Ellen Gesmer, Judge Juan Merchan, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, adult-film star Stormy ...

Judge Ellen Gesmer, of the state's mid-level appellate court, denied Trump's request for an order that would have indefinitely postponed sentencing and halted the case while he appeals a decision ...