Trump in court for key hearing in hush money case
A grim-looking Donald Trump was in a New York courtroom Monday where the judge in the former president's hush money case is expected to set a new trial date.
A grim-looking Donald Trump was in a New York courtroom Monday where the judge in the former president's hush money case is expected to set a new trial date.
“This is a witch hunt. This is a hoax,” Trump said on his way into the courtroom.
Judge Juan Merchan had postponed the trial, originally scheduled to begin Monday, until at least mid-April after federal prosecutors belatedly turned over mounds of evidence related to a key witness in the case, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the falsifying business records charges against the former president, said he supported a 30-day delay in the proceedings in response to Trump’s request for a postponement in order to review documents that federal prosecutors had begun turning over related to their prosecution of former longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
Bragg’s office, however, warned Merchan against delaying the trial further, saying that it should proceed April 15 because fewer than 300 of more than 170,000 documents turned over by federal prosecutors are potentially relevant to Trump’s criminal defense.
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