Donald Trump’s New York hush-money trial will begin in March with jury selection
The Hindu
Former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial will proceed as planned, with jury selection beginning on March 25.
Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting on March 25, a judge ruled Thursday, turning aside requests for a delay from the former President’s defense lawyers.
In leaving the trial date intact, Judge Juan Manuel Merchan took advantage of a delay in a separate prosecution in Washington charging Mr. Trump with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election. That case has been effectively on hold pending the outcome of an appeal from Mr. Trump.
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The decision means that a case centered on years-old accusations that Mr. Trump sought to bury stories about extramarital affairs that arose during his 2016 presidential campaign will be the first of the four criminal prosecutions against Mr. Trump to proceed to trial. Other cases charge him seeking to undo the election and illegally hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate.
Mr. Trump’s attorneys blasted the decision to keep the March date, complaining that Mr. Trump will have to stand trial in New York at the same time as he is attempting to sew up the Republican nomination.
“It is completely election interference to say ‘you are going to sit in this courtroom in Manhattan,” said defense lawyer Todd Blanche.
Mr. Trump entered the courthouse shortly before 9 a.m.
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