Trump Judge Says Prosecutors Cannot Show ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape to Jury

Published on April 15, 2024

The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s “hush-money” trial in Manhattan affirmed Monday that he will not allow the playing of an “Access Hollywood” tape featuring the former president, and he denied prosecutors’ requests to enter other allegations of sexual assault into the evidence. In denying a prosecutor’s request to bring into evidence allegations of assault against President Trump that emerged after the release of an “Access Hollywood” tape in 2016, Judge Juan Merchan described them as rumors. “They are very prejudical, and at this point, given what we know today, it was just a rumor,” Judge Merchan said in court on Monday. But the judge said he would allow video footage that features President Trump denying the allegations at various campaign rallies....

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