{"id":6148,"date":"2024-02-15T10:23:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=6148"},"modified":"2024-02-15T10:23:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:23:37","slug":"judge-rules-trump-hush-money-case-will-head-to-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/judge-rules-trump-hush-money-case-will-head-to-trial\/njackson\/2024\/02\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Rules Trump Hush Money Case Will Head To Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bad news for Donald Trump&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, a judge rejected Trump&#8217;s attempt to have his hush-money case tossed. Instead, the case is scheduled to begin next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Juan Merchan said \u201cat this point\u201d he will move ahead with jury selection beginning on March 25 as scheduled, a timeline that would enable a jury to return a verdict well in advance of July\u2019s Republican National Convention and November\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s lawyers then began insisting the trial be delayed, noting Trump\u2019s other cases, quickly turning the hearing into a fiery back-and-forth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe have been faced with extremely compressed and expedited schedules in each and every one of those trials,\u201d said Trump attorney Todd Blanche.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) charged Trump in the case with 34 counts of falsifying business records last spring over reimbursements Trump made to his then-fixer, Michael Cohen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cohen had paid porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an affair she alleged to have had with Trump. The indictment accuses Trump of improperly deeming the reimbursements a legal retainer to conceal damaging information from the public ahead of the 2016 presidential election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump, who denies the affair, pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news for Donald Trump&#8230; On Thursday, a judge rejected Trump&#8217;s attempt to have his hush-money case tossed. Instead, the case is scheduled to begin next month. 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