A judge in New York has agreed to postpone a criminal trial against former United States President Donald Trump for 30 days so that the defence team can review new evidence.
Judge Juan Manuel Merchan granted the delay on Friday after prosecutors signalled they were willing to push back the start of the trial, which centres on hush money payments made during the 2016 presidential race.
The trial was originally scheduled to begin on March 25. Even with the delay pushing the proceedings to April, the New York case is still expected to be the first of the four criminal indictments against Trump to go to trial.
On Thursday, New York prosecutors said they were open to delaying the start of the trial “in an abundance of caution” to give Trump’s lawyers time to review records from a previous federal investigation into the matter.
Trump – the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and likely opponentof President Joe Biden in the November election – has pleaded not guilty …
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