by Ben Whedon
Justice Juan Merchan on Friday ordered a 30-day delay of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against former President Donald Trump.
Originally slated for March 25, the trial is now scheduled for late April, Reuters reported. Bragg charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in March of last year, marking the first criminal indictment of a former president in U.S. history. He has pleaded not guilty to all counts.
The prosecution stems from a 2016 payment of $130,000 Trump’s then-attorney Michael Cohen made to Stormy Daniels.
Bragg on Thursday indicated in a filing that his office was open to a 30-day delay, stating that “[a]lthough the People are prepared to proceed to trial on March 25, we do not oppose an adjournment in an abundance of caution and to ensure that the defendant has sufficient time to review the new materials.”
Trump’s attorneys had sought a 90-day delay.
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