New York’s highest court has declined to hear Donald Trump’s appeal on the gag order in his hush money case, according to a decision list posted Tuesday. The gag order, issued by Judge Juan Merchan in the criminal case against Trump,

The New York Court of Appeals on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump's appeal of the gag order in the hush money case in which he was convicted last month.

New York state’s top court rejected Donald Trump ’s gag order appeal Tuesday, as the former president separately presses Judge Juan Merchan to terminate the order.

The New York Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected former President Trump’s bid to have the gag order against him lifted, citing that "no substantial constitutional question is directly involved." Judge Juan Merchan imposed a gag order that restricts the former president and presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee from speaking about witnesses and the case now that Trump's trial has concluded.

Trump turned to New York’s top court after the bid was rejected by a mid-level appellate panel in May, before a jury found him guilty of falsifying business records to cover up a conspiracy

The New York Court of Appeals, the state of New York’s highest court, has rejected an appeal from former President Donald Trump to lift the gag order imposed on him in his Manhattan-based criminal trial.

The gag order prevents Donald Trump from commenting on witnesses, jurors and others who were involved in the hush money case.

New York’s top court has declined to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. On Tuesday, the Court of Appeals found that the order does not raise “substantial” constitutional issues that would warrant an immediate intervention.