Trump Scores Partial Win in Request to Delay Manhattan Criminal Trial

Published on March 14, 2024

Former President Donald Trump has scored a partial win in his bid to postpone his criminal trial in New York, in which the former president faces 34 felony counts of allegedly falsifying business records in connection with so-called “hush money” payments. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has agreed to a 30-day delay of the trial, which was supposed to start on March 25, according to a March 14 court filing. President Trump had requested a 90-day delay in the start of the trial—or a full adjournment or dismissal based on claimed discovery violations—in order to have a chance to review the 73,000 or so pages of evidentiary documents produced by the District Attorney’s office since March 4....

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