Donald Trump lost his bid to delay writer E. Jean Carroll’s civil rape and defamation trial against him, set for April 25, in a ruling Monday that knocked down the former president's argument at every turn. If anything, the ruling served as a reminder of how much legal jeopardy Trump is in on several fronts.

It was Trump who initially invoked another one of his cases to try to delay this one. He cited his recent indictment and arraignment in New York state court in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, arguing that a one-month “cooling off” period was needed for potential jurors in the impending civil trial, due to intense media coverage of his criminal case.