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Manhattan Prosecutors Seek 30-Day Delay of Trump Trial

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“Less than two weeks before Donald Trump is set to go on trial on criminal charges in Manhattan, the prosecutors who brought the case asked a judge on Thursday to delay it up to 30 days, a startling development in the first prosecution of a former American president,” the New York Times reports.

“The Manhattan district attorney’s office, which accused Mr. Trump of covering up a sex scandal during and after the 2016 presidential campaign, sought the delay so the defense could review a new batch of records. It only recently obtained the records from federal prosecutors, who years ago investigated the same hush-money payments at the center of the case.”

“The potential postponement of the trial, which is scheduled to start with jury selection on March 25, would represent the latest delay on Mr. Trump’s sprawling legal docket. The criminal case against him in Washington, where he is accused of plotting to overturn the 2020 election results, was initially supposed to go to trial this month, but that is delayed while Mr. Trump appeals to the Supreme Court.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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