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Former President Donald Trump was dealt a humiliating blow on Monday when a judge immediately dismissed his push to delay the April 15 date of his Manhattan hush money trial. Trump, whose attorneys had been arguing the delay was necessary in order to pursue a change of venue, were summarily denied by Judge Lizbeth Gonzalez, clearing the way for the former president’s first criminal trial to begin later this month. Commenters on social media, including legal experts, were triumphant that the former president’s gambit — the latest in a long series of attempts he has made to block or stall out hi…

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