Trump "Hush Money" Trial UPDATE┃Trial Set for April 15th
Channel: Grift Guard
Date: 2024-03-26

Trump's Hush Money Trial date has been set by Judge Merchan for April 15th 2024, leading Trump to go on an unhinged rant filled with lies.

Delay has been at the heart of Trump’s legal and political strategy in the four criminal cases against him.

His bet appears to be that pushing the date of his trials past November’s election could stave off the possibility of serious damage with voters. If Trump wins the election, he can also pardon himself in federal cases, if convicted, or order the Department of Justice to cease its pursuit of him.

But the delay tactic hit a snag Monday, when Judge Juan Merchan was unmoved by claims from Trump’s team that the former president’s New York trial should be pushed back.

Instead, Merchan reiterated that the trial should begin less than a month from now, on April 15.

Trump’s demands for delay centered on new documents that have recently come to light. Trump’s lawyers claimed the delay amounted to prosecutorial misconduct and that they needed significant time to review the new material.

Merchan was dismissive of both arguments.

Trump is accused of 34 counts of falsifying business records — something that prosecutors contend was done to bury separate claims from adult actress Stormy Daniels and former model Karen McDougal that Trump had sexual relationships with them.

Trump denies any wrongdoing.

The New York case can be plausibly seen as the least serious of the four Trump faces. 

But the charges are felonies, and the trial itself — whether it ends in acquittal or conviction — is guaranteed to put embarrassing details in the headlines as the election campaign heats up.