Trump trial opening statements to begin Monday in NY hush money case [Video]

Opening statements in the New York criminal hush money trial of former president Donald Trump will begin Monday morning, a judge said.

“This trial is starting,” said Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan on Friday.

Merchan set that schedule after a full panel of 12 jurors and six alternates was seated for the historic trial.

On Friday afternoon, Trump’s attorneys asked a Manhattan appeals court to delay the trial while they seek to move the case to a new venue.

They argued that Trump cannot receive a fair and impartial jury in New York City — even though a jury had been successfully selected that same day.

The appeals court swiftly denied the request.

Outside the courtroom, Trump — who says the six-week trial is keeping him from campaigning against President Joe Biden — complained that Merchan is moving the proceedings along “as fast as possible.”

The judge is doing so “for his reasons, not my reasons,” Trump claimed, calling …