Former President Trump is expected to appear in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday to argue again for a postponement of the hush money trial.
The trial is currently scheduled for April 15, but had already been postponed by 30 days after new evidence was discovered in early March. In a separate case, President Trump also faces a Monday deadline to post $454 million bail in a civil fraud case brought against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Judge Juan Melchan is scheduled to hold a hearing Monday to finalize the trial date. Mr. Trump’s team insists that more time is needed to consider the evidence that emerged in early March. It also said prosecutors in Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg’s office allegedly violated discovery rules by receiving elements of the new evidence before the defense team did.
President Trump is accused of falsifying business records in connection with hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
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Former President Trump is expected to appear in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday to argue again for a postponement of the hush money trial. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Mr. Bragg’s office asked Mr. Marchand last week to deny that Mr. Trump had asked for further delays in filings. Prosecutors have argued that the Trump campaign is trying to delay the trial for as long as possible, with the ultimate goal of moving the legal battle beyond the November election.
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In court last week, Bragg said, “Defendants’ charges of discovery violations are based on the only issue really being raised here: the delay in the arrival of potentially relevant evidence from outside the People’s direction and control.” “It distracts from the question of how this court should respond in such cases.” filing.
Mr. Bragg’s office asked Mr. Marchand last week to deny that Mr. Trump had asked for further delays in filings. Prosecutors have argued that Trump’s team is trying to delay the trial for as long as possible, with the ultimate goal of pushing their prosecution fight past the November election. (Photo by Barry Williams for NY Daily News, via Getty Images)
“In this matter, the appropriate remedy is the short adjournment already granted by this court, which the parties have found in the USAO’s recent and limited number of relevant records that the public has good reason to believe.” “Therefore, this court should deny defendants’ request for more extreme sanctions,” the complaint continued.
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The new evidence is about 15,000 records created by the Justice Department related to the investigation of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who is a key witness in the hush money case.
Former President Donald Trump addresses supporters at a rally supporting local candidates on September 3, 2022 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. (Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
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U.S. prosecutors said much of the material was unrelated to the state case against Trump. Federal prosecutors have already turned over at least 104,000 pages of records, 74,000 of which were originally sent to Mr. Bragg’s office, but never. Trump’s lawyer.
Mr. Bragg’s office later turned over the 74,000 pages to the defense.
A 30-day grace period given to President Trump to post a $454 million appeals bond in a civil fraud case brought by the state attorney general’s office expires on Monday. If that fails, Attorney General James could enforce the trial court’s judgment against the former president and begin seizing his property and property.
Fox News’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report
