What you should know
- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a court filing Thursday that his office does not oppose Donald Trump’s request to delay the trial for allegedly paying hush money to Stormy Daniels, just days before that the former president would face his first criminal trial while simultaneously running to return to the presidency.
- The filing said that “although the Town is prepared to proceed to trial on March 25, we do not oppose a postponement out of an abundance of caution and to ensure that the defendant has sufficient time to review the new materials,” Bragg wrote.
- Bragg said his office is not opposed to delaying the start of the trial for 30 days. The trial was scheduled to begin on March 25.
NEW YORK — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a court filing Thursday that his office is not opposing Donald Trump’s request to delay his trial for allegedly paying hush money to Stormy Daniels, only a few days before the former president faced his first criminal trial while simultaneously running to return to the presidency.
The filing said that “although the Town is prepared to proceed to trial on March 25, we do not oppose a postponement out of an abundance of caution and to ensure that the defendant has sufficient time to review the new materials,” Bragg wrote.
Bragg said his office is not opposed to delaying the start of the trial for 30 days. The trial was scheduled to begin on March 25.
If the trial is ultimately delayed, it will be yet another victory for Trump, whose strategy in the four criminal charges he faces has been to push for a delay.
The district attorney said the U.S. Attorney’s Office had on Wednesday produced about 31,000 pages of “additional records” to both prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers and “indicated that additional production would occur next week.” This came after Trump issued a subpoena in mid-January seeking additional materials from federal prosecutors.
“The timing of USAO’s filings is solely a result of the defendant’s delay despite the People’s diligence,” Bragg said.
Trump had already requested that the trial be delayed by 90 days because of new records his legal team needs to examine.
In mid-February, Judge Juan Merchán, who oversaw the case, scheduled the trial to begin on March 25. He said he expected the trial to last about six weeks.
Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing last week that their defense of the former president will be that Trump “lacked the necessary intent to commit the conduct charged in the indictment.” Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential bid. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
This article was written in English for NBC news. To read it go here.
2024-03-14 21:02:29
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