Trump will face the first criminal trial against a former US president starting April 15. The Republican leader's lawyers had requested a new 90-day delay in the 'Stormy Daniels case', rejected by the judge.

The efforts of Trump's legal team to delay all trials as much as possible until after the November 5 elections are based on the hope of re-election. The other three criminal proceedings are also bogged down in delays of various kinds, so the Manhattan case may be the only one to be resolved before the elections.