After sparring today with 'nasty' judge, Trump holds presser to say why he won't be back in court tomorrow
By Kaydi Pelletier and Priscilla DeGregoryAt another post-court presser from his Trump Building at 40 Wall St., Trump again railed against Judge Lewis Kaplan, calling him a "radical Trump hater" after the jurist declined motions to delay the trial for Melania Trump's mother's funeral, which is tomorrow.
"So what happened — very terribly — is we asked to delay the trial for one day so I could go to the funeral tomorrow, and we could start Friday or Monday or any day they want," the former president and current 2024 GOP frontrunner said Wednesday late afternoon.
As The Post reported yesterday from court, Judge Kaplandenied defense attorneys' motion to delay the start of the trial by a week — not a day.

Trump likened the judge in this case to the one in the other New York civil case against him, Judge Arthur Engoron, who is expected to rule by the end of this month on whether Trump, his two eldest sons Don Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization are guilty of a decade-long, $370 million real estate fraud scheme.
"Same judge, same judge. He’s a radical trump hater, and I said I will go to all days [of this defamation and sexual abuse trial]."
"So he would rather have me miss the funeral, or go to the funeral and miss the trial, and that’s a nasty man, he’s a nasty judge," Trump said.
The Don is now en route to New Hampshire.














