Judge in Trump's New York case says trial schedule to remain the same, for now

The judge presiding over the New York criminal case of former President Donald Trump is open to rescheduling a March 25, 2024, trial but won't consider the issue until February, he said in a letter to Trump's attorneys.

Judge Juan Merchan said in his Sept. 1 letter that in February, he will consider "any necessary changes" or "any actual conflicts" that could delay the trial, currently scheduled for March 25, 2024.

Merchan was responding to an Aug. 30 letter from Trump attorney Todd Blanche asking for a Sept. 15 conference to discuss scheduling issues. Blanche's request came two days after a federal judge, Tanya Chutkan, scheduled a separate Trump trial to begin in Washington, D.C. just three weeks before the New York one, on March 4, 2024.