The delay in the hush money case would allow the former president’s legal team to review new records that could be related to the case.
A judge in New York has delayed former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial there until mid-April to allow Trump’s review of new records that could be related to the case.
Jury selection had been scheduled to begin March 25. The New York case is still set to be the first of the four criminal cases against Trump to go to trial. The others have been in limbo due to multiple motions and other delays from Trump’s lawyers.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s legal team said in a court filing on Thursday that it would not oppose a 30-day delay to give Trump’s team time to review 31,000 records recently provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.What the case is about
Trump faces a 34-count felony indictment alleging that he falsified New York business records in order to conceal damaging information ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
