A New York judge ruled on Thursday that Donald Trump would be tried in March for charges related to the Stormy Daniels Coverup. If the case proceeds as planned, Trump will become the first former president to be criminally prosecuted. It will be the first criminal trial to fit into the complex judicial calendar.
[[{“value”:”Donald Trump will go on trial in March on charges connected to the Stormy Daniels coverup, a judge in New York decided on Thursday. Trump will become the first former president to actually face a criminal trial, assuming the case proceeds as planned. Additionally, it will be Trump’s first legal case to appear on the convoluted administrative schedule this election year, which means he will almost certainly go before Election Day. Trump has been charged with crimes related to the 2020 elections and his retention of classified documents in three different jurisdictions—Georgia state court, national courts in Florida, and Washington, D.C.—but the timeline for those cases is still unknown.
Justice Juan Merchan decided on Thursday that the trial would proceed and that jury selection would start on March 25 while Trump was in court in New York City. The entire case had been requested to be dismissed by Trump’s attorneys, who argued with Merchan in court and claimed that it amounted to” total election interference.” Merchan, however, was certain that the case had to proceed because none of Trump’s objections had any merit.
Trump’s 2016 attempts to conceal his alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels some years earlier led to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the New York case. Trump, who denies any involvement in like a scandal, is said to have paid Daniels hush money to keep the rumor out of the tabloids, but it was reportedly done so in violation of campaign finance regulations. Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney, brought the charges, which are native legal charges. Theoretically, they could use prison time as a form of punishment. However, perhaps if Trump is found guilty, a prison sentence is less likely because this would be his second non-violent crime conviction.”}]] Donald Trump will go on trial in March on charges connected to the Stormy Daniels coverup, a New York judge decided on Thursday. Trump will be the first former president to actually face a criminal trial, assuming the case proceeds as planned. Additionally, it will be the first legal case to appear on the convoluted administrative calendar.
A New York judge ruled on Thursday that Donald Trump would be tried in March for charges related to the Stormy Daniels Coverup. If the case proceeds as planned, Trump will become the first former president to be criminally prosecuted. It will be the first criminal trial to fit into the complex judicial calendar.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-new-york-trial/
