The trial is scheduled to begin Monday, with Trump legally required to attend.
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Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money case, denied the former president’s request to delay the trial Friday, according to the Associated Press, marking the fourth unsuccessful delay attempt by Trump as the trial is slated to start Monday.Key Facts
Trump’s attorneys argued in their request for delay that the jury pool was subject to what the lawyers saw as “exceptionally prejudicial” news coverage of the hush money case, the AP reported.
