Trump’s hush money court adjourned

, Judge Juan Mercan ruled yesterday that the trial of Donald Trump’s accusation of paying hush money to an actress of immoral films on the eve of the 2016 election will not be held earlier than April.

The judge stated in his ruling that the reason for this 30-day delay was the late disclosure of documents and evidence against Trump.

This decision to delay the first criminal trial of the former US president could be a significant victory for Trump on the eve of the US presidential election in November.

According to this report, the hearing of this accusation against Trump was supposed to be held on March 25, that is, in less than 10 days, in the Manhattan court of New York. In none of Trump’s other cases, an exact date has not been set for holding the court, but with the delay in holding this court, the plans made to deal with the cases and other charges against him in another court will be complicated and disrupted.

Accordingly, Judge Merkan did not announce any specific date for hearing this case in his ruling, but the court held a hearing on March 25. and it is likely that he will hold another new date to deal with the case on that day.

New York prosecutors said that before the 2016 election, Trump asked his former lawyer Michael Cohen for $130,000 in hush money in exchange for his sex with Daniels to pay and then by falsifying its payment documents, show this amount as legal fees.

Meanwhile, Trump has denied any relationship with Daniels. The real name of this actress is Stephanie Clifford.

Trump’s lawyers announced that they need about 90 days to review these documents, but the judge has already agreed to a 30-day delay.

Judge Merkan asked the lawyers of both sides to announce a detailed schedule for their efforts to obtain documents from federal prosecutors.

while a few days ago Donald Trump asked for the delay of the hearing of the accusation of paying the silence fee to an actor of immoral films until the Supreme Court examines his immunity claim.

In this petition, Trump asked the New York judge who is in charge of the Trump case to hold the trial until the Supreme Court examines his political immunity in another case. postpone.

while It is that Trump had previously requested the postponement of all his 4 criminal cases so that he could focus on his election activities. If he becomes president again, he can close this criminal case against him and open another case against him under federal law.

now Donald Trump The Republican front-runner faces multiple criminal charges: attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election and his supporters’ attack on the Capitol in January 2021, keeping classified documents at his Florida villa after leaving the White House, paying an actor hush money Immoral films, and attempts to change the election results in the state of Georgia. He is also involved in fraud and financial charges. In addition, the former American president is facing a case of paying damages to a writer who accused him of sexual assault.

But Trump doing any wrongdoing in He considers the rejection of these cases and the filing of these accusations only with political motivation and with the aim of removing him from the 2024 election contest.

If Trump is again president The president-elect can apply for a pardon for any federal charges against him.

A few days ago, Joe Biden and Donald Trump won the Democratic and Republican nominations They called for the 2024 US presidential election, so that the first confrontation between two election candidates in the last 70 years would take place in the history of this country.

The US presidential election will be held on November 5, 2024. According to the latest Reuters/Ipsos polls in February, former US President Donald Trump has surpassed current US President Joe Biden with 37% popularity and the competition between the two is going shoulder to shoulder.

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