Trump’s hush-money trial, the first of his four criminal cases scheduled to go before a jury, was delayed from March 25 to April 15 because of another issue. Advertisement His lawyers have continued to push in recent weeks for more delays. In ...
Judge Juan Manuel Merchan agreed to a 30-day postponement and scheduled a hearing for March 25 to address questions about the evidence dump. The trial had been scheduled to start on March 25. It is among four criminal indictments against Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nomin...
Merchan’s decision upended what had been on track to be the first of Trump’s four criminal indictments to go to trial. Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, has fought to delay all of his criminal cases, arguing that he shouldn’t be forced into a courtroom while...
Judge Juan Merchan indicated the trial is now scheduled for April 15, delaying it by 20 days. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday consented to a delay of at least 30 days, and Trump had requested up to 90. The delay comes after Trump's attorneys protested the late productio...
A judge has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.
Trump has entered not guilty pleas infour criminal casesthis year relating to allegations that bookend his presidency. His attorneys also sought to have the judge presiding over a case in New York State court recuse himself. The judge in that case, Juan Merchan, rejected Trump's eff...
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Merchan said the defense's filings in the leadup to this hearing had gone "far afield" of his instructions. He then noted that the purpose of Monday's hearing was to "determine who is responsible for the issues and what sanctions if any are required." He noted that there were "not ...
The jurors were advised by Merchan to plan on returning for opening statements on Monday, April 22. Merchan said the court would let them know if that plan changes. At least five more, plus another half dozen alternates, must still be chosen. Roughly 80 people have been excused since ques...
“There’s no agenda here,” Merchan said. “We want to follow the law. We want justice to be done.” Trump’s hush-money case, set to be the first of his four criminal cases to go to trial, centers on allegations that he falsely logged payments to Cohen ...