Trump lawyers ask New York appeals court to delay next week’s criminal trial

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers were in a New York appeals court Monday in an 11th-hour bid to try to delay his impending criminal trial on charges he falsified business records related to hush-money payments.

Lawyers for the former president filed papers at the state Appellate Division say the trial should be pushed back while Trump challenges a partial gag order against him and argue the setting of the trial in Manhattan would be unfair, a source with direct knowledge of the action told NBC News.

The long-shot legal maneuvers come exactly one week before the first criminal trial of a former president is scheduled to start.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined comment.

This is a developing story and will be updated.