Manhattan judge rejects Trump effort to delay October business-fraud trial as 'completely without merit'

A Manhattan judge has rejected Donald Trump's bid to delay his civil fraud trial, calling it "completely without merit," as New York Attorney General Letitia James seeks to permanently banish Trump Org from the state.

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