“There are many aspects to consider,” said the judge in the case, Juan Merchan, when rejecting requests from the former president’s defense to postpone the start of the trial, which will take place in the middle of the election campaign for the White House.
donald trump will be the first former president of the United States in facing a criminal process when jury selection begins in a court of New York on March 25in a case of silence payments.
“There are many aspects to consider”said the judge in the case, Juan Merchanon Thursday, by rejecting requests from the defense of trump to postpone the start of the trial, which will take place in the middle of the electoral campaign for White House.
The lawyer of Trump, Todd Blanche considered that maintaining the date of March 25 will be a “great injustice” given that the former president faces other legal processes at the same time, as well as the race for the candidacy of the Republican Party for the November elections.
“President Trump says it all the time and the media makes fun of him, but it is ‘election interference’ to make President Trump sit here in this courtroom.”he added Blancheaccording to CNN.
Why was Donald Trump impeached?
Last year, Merchan had already established the start date of the trial for March 25, after the tycoon was accused of the alleged secret payment of $130,000 to Daniels from his former lawyer Michael Cohen.
According to the accusation, the payment to the porn actress was made in 2016 during the campaign that led him to the Presidencyin exchange for not revealing that the tycoon had had an extramarital relationship with her ten years earlier.
The payments themselves are not illegal, but trump he recorded them as “legal fees” in his company’s accounts, the Trump Organization.
Trump continued to criticize Judge Merchan
The billionaire has not spared criticism of the Judge Merchanwhich already filed another case against the family business in 2022 for tax fraud.
“HATES ME”he wrote on his platform Social Truthreported the AFP news agency.
This was the first of four criminal cases against trumpwhich in turn represented the first prosecution of a former president. trump He pleaded not guilty in all of them and assured that they are part of a “witch hunt” to prevent him from returning to prison. White House.
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