Judge Juan Merchan decided this Friday postpone the criminal trial against former president and current Republican candidate Donald Trump in New York for 34 offenses related to irregular payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2016. Originally scheduled to begin on March 25, the trial will now take place in mid-April.
Both the Manhattan Prosecutor’s Office, which is in charge of the prosecution in this case, and Trump’s defense, expressed their support for this postponement due to the large number of documents provided by federal authorities in recent days, the agency reported. from Efe news.
On Thursday, New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg mentioned the existence of 31,000 pages of “additional records” and anticipated the possible arrival of more documents. For this reason, he proposed to the judge a delay of 30 days to allow the defense to properly review these new materials.
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels in Berlin. Photo: Markus Schreiber / AP
In his resolution, Judge Merchan called a hearing for March 25, where a motion presented by the defense will be addressed. about the evidence collection process, as well as the circumstances related to the production of documents by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and, possibly, the new trial date.
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump previously argued that the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office had violated the rules governing the collection and selection of evidence, Therefore, they requested that the entire accusation be dismissed or, failing that, that several testimonies be excluded and the trial be postponed for at least 90 days.
“The court will set the new trial date, if necessary, when he rules on the defense motion after the hearing,” said Merchan, who stressed that his order not to make commitments during the trial remains in effect for all parties, including the defendant.
Donald Trump, current Republican favorite for this year’s presidential election, has tried to delay the case on several occasions. This week he asked the judge to wait for the Supreme Court to rule on his alleged presidential immunity in another case related to electoral interference.
The Manhattan Prosecutor’s Office accuses the former president of 34 crimes in connection with payments of $130,000 to porn actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign to hide an alleged extramarital affair, payments that the Republican would have covered up with the collaboration of his then lawyer Michael Cohen.
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2024-03-15 23:13:00
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