{"id":2177013,"date":"2024-02-15T11:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attends-n-y-court-hearing-after-judge-orders-criminal-trial-to-proceed-in-march\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:29:31","slug":"trump-attends-n-y-court-hearing-after-judge-orders-criminal-trial-to-proceed-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attends-n-y-court-hearing-after-judge-orders-criminal-trial-to-proceed-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump goes to court in NY after judge orders criminal trial to start in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-attends-n-y-court-hearing-after-judge-orders-criminal-trial-to-proceed-in-march%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2177013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. \u2063President \u2064Donald Trump looks on during a campaign event on December 19, 2023 in \u200bWaterloo, Iowa. Iowa Republicans will be the first to\u2063 select their party\u2019s nomination for the 2024 presidential race, when they go to caucus on January 15, 2024. (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\/\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>8:15 AM \u2064\u2013 Thursday, February 15, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>The judge conducting\u2063 former President Donald Trump\u2019s New York criminal trial on Thursday denied his plea \u2062to have the charges dropped \u2063against\u2063 him and stated\u200d that the trial will go \u200con as\u2062 scheduled in March. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The \u201cdefendant\u2019s motions to dismiss\u2062 have\u200b been denied,\u201d Judge Juan Merchan told the Manhattan courtroom, which included Trump sitting \u2064at the defense table. \u2064\u201cWe will move ahead with jury selection on March 25<sup>th<\/sup>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 45<sup>th<\/sup> \u200b president\u2019s lawyer, Todd Blanche, claimed that going on with the trial as scheduled would be a \u201cgreat\u2064 injustice\u201d given his\u2062 other legal battles. <\/p>\n<p>The judge disagreed with\u2062 the reasoning saying, \u200b\u201cYou knew about \u2063this case,\u201d he told Blanche. Trump\u2019s lawyer\u2063 said that the date would \u2062be \u201celection interference\u201d because \u2062of the presidential\u200b primaries that month. <\/p>\n<p>The former president faces 34 felony charges\u2063 in the\u2062 case, which \u2064consists of allegations that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-indictment-in-stormy-daniels-hush-money-payment-investigation-imminent\/\" title=\"Trump indictment in Stormy Daniels hush-money payment investigation 'imminent'\">falsified business records<\/a> to cover up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-to-shield-financial-records\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid To Shield Financial Records\">hush money payments<\/a> to adult film\u200d star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200cincludes funds that stopped\u200c Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal from going public with stories that Trump \u2063had secret affairs with them.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Trump faces \u2064four criminal cases and\u2064 it\u2019s the first time any \u2064former president has \u2062been\u2064 indicted. The 45<sup>th<\/sup> president has pleaded not guilty in all four cases against him and has \u2064claimed \u200dthat they are \u2064all part of a \u2063\u201cpolitical witch hunt\u201d to deter his 2024 presidential election hopes. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump\u200b is right. His case is not\u2063 a\u200d crime, but there are \u200bplenty of crimes taking place right outside the Manhattan Courthouse. America\u2019s\u2063 scales\u2063 of justice are significantly unbalanced. <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BEat1CiTwI\">pic.twitter.com\/BEat1CiTwI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2063Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCharlesDowns\/status\/1758143363042164820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15,\u200d 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Merchan had already scheduled the trial\u200b date\u2062 for March\u2063 25<sup>th<\/sup> but\u200c that date ran into \u200bproblems after another judge scheduled the trial for Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-issues-gag-order-in-trumps-election-interference-case\/\" title=\"Judge imposes gag order in Trump's election meddling case.\">federal election interference \u200dcase<\/a> in Washington,\u2062 D.C.,\u200d for March \u200d4<sup>th<\/sup>. The judge, \u200cU.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan claimed \u200dshe spoke with Merchan to reschedule the trial date. <\/p>\n<p>However, Merchan never rescheduled the case \u200band \u200bnow the election interference case is currently being put \u200bon hold as the Supreme Court \u2063is hearing Trump\u2019s claim \u200cthat presidential immunity protects him in that particular case. <\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s appearance from Trump will be his first since \u200dhis arraignment last April. <\/p>\n<p>Trump has been allowed to \u200bcome and \u200cgo\u200b in the\u200c civil \u200bcases at his discretion, but he will be \u200drequired to attend every day of the Manhattan criminal trial in person. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for \u200bfree.\u2062 Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare\u200c this\u200b post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A shooting rocks \u2064the Chiefs\u2019 Parade \u200bin Kansas City, an effort to stop the CIA and FBI from warrantless spying is derailed and Georgia\u2062 sends troops to clean up Mayorkas\u2019 mess.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Catholics around the world gather \u2064to partake\u2063 in Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the Lenten season<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Delving into a pressing issue\u200c that directly impacts our\u2063 nation\u2019s education system: the intersection of\u2062 an unsecured border and education.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Robert Davi<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia briefly displaced Alphabet as the U.S. stock market\u2019s third most valuable company.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Hackers from Russia, China, and Iran have been using tools from OpenAI to hone their skills\u200b and trick their targets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia\u00a0briefly surpassed Amazon.com Inc\u00a0in market capitalization on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia\u00a0is building a \u200cnew business unit focused on designing bespoke chips for cloud\u2063 computing firms and others.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How are Trump&#8217;s \u200blegal battles affecting his ability to\u2063 defend himself in the \u200dNew York\u200b criminal trial?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Focused on his New York criminal trial. The judge&#8217;s decision to deny Trump&#8217;s plea to have the charges dropped means that the trial will proceed as scheduled in March. Trump&#8217;s lawyer argued that \u200dgoing ahead with the trial would be an injustice, considering his other legal battles. However, the judge disagreed, stating\u200b that Trump had prior knowledge of the case.<\/p>\n<p>The former president is \u2063facing 34 felony charges related to allegations of\u200c falsifying business records to conceal \u200dhush\u2064 money payments to adult film\u2063 star \u200dStormy Daniels\u2062 during the 2016 presidential election. These payments aimed to\u2062 prevent \u2062Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal from publicly sharing stories about their alleged affairs\u2063 with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>It \u200bis worth noting that these charges mark the first time a former president has been indicted. Trump has \u200dpleaded not guilty in all four cases brought against him and has consistently referred to them as a &#8220;political witch hunt&#8221; \u2064designed \u200cto hinder\u200d his prospects in the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the\u2064 trial in New York, Trump is also scheduled \u200dto appear in court for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-2024-rivals-not-of-one-mind-on-georgia-indictment\/\" title=\"Different opinions on Georgia indictment among Trump's 2024 rivals.\">federal election interference case<\/a> in Washington, D.C. However, scheduling conflicts arose when another judge set \u200dthe trial date for March 4th,\u2063 overlapping with the \u2062New York trial. U.S. District Judge \u200bTanya Chutkan has announced that she spoke with Judge Merchan to reschedule the trial, but no new date has been set.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u2063 the election interference case is temporarily on hold as the \u2063Supreme Court considers Trump&#8217;s claim that presidential immunity protects him in this particular case.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes by mentioning that Trump&#8217;s appearance in court on Thursday will\u2064 primarily focus on \u2063his New York criminal trial. It also includes a tweet from a user \u2063expressing their belief\u2064 that Trump&#8217;s case is not a crime but highlights the \u2064unbalanced scales \u200bof justice outside the Manhattan\u200d Courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the article provides an overview of the developments in Trump&#8217;s legal battles, emphasizing the latest decision by the judge to\u200d proceed with the New York criminal \u200btrial\u2064 and the ongoing scheduling issues with the \u2062federal election interference case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump, a Republican presidential candidate, observes a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa on December 19, 2023. Iowa Republicans will lead the way in selecting their party&#8217;s nominee for the 2024 presidential race, with caucuses scheduled for January 15, 2024. 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