When Donald Trump’s lawyers notified the New York State Appeals Court that they intended to file a request for a speedy hearing to challenge the gag order in New York’s $250 million civil fraud case, the clerk of the court informed them that they had already missed the key Monday morning deadline to file to get on the week’s docket, information that sparked an impromptu hearing of its own in the clerk’s office, the Washington Post reports (gift article).
Trump attorney Clifford Robert and Christopher Kise attempted to tell the lawyer for the court that the motion didn’t have to be docketed, but instead could heard at the first opportunity by one judge, to which the lawyer responded “Nuh uh” (paraphrasing), and that per court rules, the motion had to be heard by a panel of judges.