The judge in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan ordered Friday that the trial be postponed for at least three weeks.
Judge Juan Manuel Merchan It is scheduled The trial was originally scheduled for March 25, but the court agreed to postpone the hush-money case against the former president for 30 days. The order comes after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told a judge Thursday that he would not oppose a delay to allow both sides to review new records released by the federal prosecutor’s office. (Related: Judge denies President Trump’s proposal to dismiss classified documents lawsuit due to unconstitutional vagueness)
“As evidenced by Defendants’ latest letter filed this afternoon, there are significant factual issues that must be resolved before this Court can rule on Defendants’ motions,” the filing said. It is written in “Accordingly, the court agrees with defendant that an expedited hearing is necessary regarding the pending discovery motions, the circumstances surrounding the production of documents by USAO-SDNY, and, if necessary, the scheduling of trial dates.”
Mr. Trump’s lawyers had previously requested a 90-day delay in reviewing tens of thousands of pages of documents from the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, which is investigating the case. according to To AP. Trump’s lawyers believe some of the new evidence could be favorable to the defense.
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— Katelyn Richardson (@katesrichardson) March 15, 2024
The former president asked the justices on Monday to postpone the case until the Supreme Court decides whether Trump has presidential immunity, which will be determined in a separate case. Trump was indicted by a grand jury in March 2023 on 34 charges for allegedly falsifying his business records in connection with hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The lawsuit stems from an alleged $130,000 payment that Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen sent to Daniels to keep him from disclosing her previous relationship with the former president.
BREAKING: Donald Trump’s hush money trial postponed for 30 days, Judge Juan Machan rules. pic.twitter.com/AKbhgONvi7
— Frank G. Runyeon (@frankrunyeon) March 15, 2024
Trump is also embroiled in a separate case in Georgia, having been indicted in August on charges that he and other co-defendants tried to overturn that state’s 2020 election. Six charges in the case were dismissed Wednesday after a judge ruled there was insufficient information to sensibly pursue them.
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