美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普正寻求加快对监督他的法官强加给他的有限禁言令的合宪性的挑战刑事封口费审判在纽约。
特朗普的辩护团队周三要求一家中级上诉法院快速做出裁决，或者允许他们直接向该州最高法院上诉法院提起上诉。
上诉庭先前被拒绝特朗普试图暂停审判，同时他反对有限禁言令，该令禁止特朗普就证人、陪审员、律师和其他与封口费案有关的人发表声明。法院还驳回了他暂停执行禁言令的尝试。
据熟悉该战略的消息人士透露，这一次，特朗普正在以违宪为由挑战该命令本身。由于国防文件处于密封状态，这些消息人士同意匿名发言。
曼哈顿地区检察官办公室提交了回应，但也处于保密状态。
该办公室的一名发言人拒绝向美国广播公司新闻发表评论。
特朗普曾多次攻击法官胡安·马尔康实施的有限禁言令，声称他的言论自由权被“不公平地”剥夺了。
马塞莫法官判特朗普藐视法庭审判将于周四进入第14天，审判期间有超过10条单独的评论或社交帖子。
Merchan本周警告特朗普，未来违反禁言令可能会导致入狱。
“看来1，000美元的罚款起不到阻吓作用;因此，展望未来，如果建议的话，本法院将不得不考虑监禁制裁。“特朗普先生，重要的是要明白，我最不想做的事情就是把你送进监狱。你是美国前总统，也可能是下一任总统。”
特朗普因涉嫌伪造商业记录以隐瞒一笔封口费付款他当时的律师迈克尔·科恩向成人电影女演员斯托米·丹尼尔斯求婚，以提高他在2016年总统大选中的竞选前景。
前总统否认了所有的不法行为。
Trump seeking to fast-track challenge to gag order in his hush money trial
Former President Donald Trump is seeking to fast-track a challenge to the constitutionality of the limited gag order imposed on him by the judge overseeing hiscriminal hush money trialin New York.
Trump's defense team on Wednesday asked an intermediate appeals court to issue a ruling on an expedited basis, or, alternatively, to grant them permission to appeal directly to the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals.
The Appellate Divisionpreviously rejectedTrump's attempt to pause the trial while he fights the limited gag order, which prohibits Trump from making statements about witnesses, jurors, attorneys, and others associated with the hush money case. It also rejected his attempt to pause enforcement of the gag order.
This time, Trump is taking on the order itself on the grounds that it is unconstitutional, according to sources familiar with the strategy who agreed to speak anonymously because the defense filings are under seal.
The Manhattan district attorney's office filed a response but it, too, is under seal.
A spokesperson for the office declined to comment to ABC News.
Trump has repeatedly attacked the limited gag order imposed by Judge Juan Merchan, claiming his free speech rights are being "unfairly taken" from him.
Judge Merchan hasheld Trump in criminal contemptover ten separate remarks or social posts has made during the trial, which will enter its 14th day on Thursday.
Merchan warned Trump this week that future violations of the gag order could result in jail time.
"It appears that the $1,000 fines are not serving as a deterrent; therefore, going forward, this Court will have to consider a jail sanction if recommended," Merchan said Monday. "Mr. Trump, it's important to understand that the last thing I want to do is to put you in jail. You are the former President of the United States and possibly the next President, as well."
Trump is on trial for allegedly falsifying business records to hide the reimbursement of ahush money paymenthis then-attorney Michael Cohen made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
The former president has denied all wrongdoing.
