Hush money to porn actress: Trump is playing for time. Trump is a defendant in a total of four criminal cases.
His lawyers had repeatedly tried in the past to postpone the various trials until after the election. If Trump were to move back into the White House, he could order after his inauguration that the federal judiciary stop prosecuting him. Trump was the first ex-president in US history to be indicted at the end of March 2023 in connection with a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.