Former President Donald Trump’s 3:59 PM plea to US District Judge Lewis F. Kaplan to delay writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against the ex-president fell flat Friday night. Trump, for his part, argued postponement was necessary as his wife, Melania, was grieving the recent death of her mother. The ex-president sought to push back the trial by one week so the Trumps could attend the funeral and burial of Amalija Knavs in Florida, who died on January 9. However, while judge Judge Kaplan offered “condolences to Mr. and Mrs. Trump and the rest of Ms. Knavs’ family,” the trial would move a…