A month of respite for Donald Trump.
The criminal trial of the Republican candidate in the case of hidden payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels, which was to begin on March 25, was postponed until the end of April.
“The trial on this case is adjourned for 30 days from the date” of March 14 on which the Manhattan prosecutor gave the green light for the proceedings to be postponed as requested by the lawyers of the former President of the States -United, ruled the judge of the New York court, Juan Merchan.
The billionaire's lawyers had requested a postponement to have time to examine tens of thousands of pages of evidence, produced in March by the Manhattan district attorney's office.
In a court document dated Thursday and made public, the prosecution said it was not opposed to a postponement of up to 30 days “to allow the defense to examine” these new documents.
This postponement offers a new respite to the Republican candidate for the American presidential election in November, while his lawyers seek to delay as much as possible the opening of the four criminal trials in which he is being prosecuted.
Adulterous relationship
Donald Trump, who will face Joe Biden at the polls in November, is called to appear in New York in this case of payments to a former pornographic film star, Stormy Daniels.
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The billionaire, who pleads not guilty, is accused of having disguised the accounts of his real estate empire, the Trump Organization, to conceal the payment of $130,000 to the former actress, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, just before the presidential election. of November 2016. This payment was intended to make him keep silent about an alleged sexual relationship, which she would have had in 2006 with him – which he refutes – while he was already married to Melania Trump.
The former president, aged 77, is charged in this case with 34 accounting frauds, punishable by a maximum sentence of 4 years in prison in the most serious cases.