The New York criminal judge asked the defense and the prosecution to agree on a date to begin the process between February and March. At the same time will be the Republican primary elections, where Trump will seek to be chosen as the party’s candidate for the 2024 general elections.
The former president of the United StatesDonald Trump will be tried between February and March 2024 for the charges of “falsification of business records in the first degree” for the payment of money on three occasions to conceal information. The judge in the case asked the defense and the prosecution to Agree on a date in those two months to start the trial.
This date could be inconvenient for Trump since it will coincide with the Republican primary elections where the party’s candidate to compete in the 2024 presidential elections will be decidedwhere the employer will seek to recover the position.
Judge John Merchan said that once the date is set, all parties, including Trump, the front-runner for the Republican election, they will not be able to schedule other events.
“You cannot accept any commitment to public events or appearancesMerchan said in Manhattan state court, Trump did not appear in court.
Merchan’s comments came during the first hearing in the case since Trump was indicted last month on 34 counts of falsification of business records.
Trump denied charges related to refunds to his then-attorney Michael Cohen for the $130,000 payment to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors say the 2016 payments were intended to silence Daniels over sexual intercourse that he says he had with the former president years before.
trump is the first former president or sitting president of the United States to be charged with a crime.
Source: Ambito
