{"id":2199277,"date":"2024-03-14T16:41:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T20:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-prosecutors-seek-trump-trial-delay-to-at-least-mid-april\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T16:45:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T20:45:30","slug":"new-york-prosecutors-seek-trump-trial-delay-to-at-least-mid-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-prosecutors-seek-trump-trial-delay-to-at-least-mid-april\/","title":{"rendered":"New York prosecutors request postponement of Trump&#8217;s trial until mid-April or later"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fnew-york-prosecutors-seek-trump-trial-delay-to-at-least-mid-april%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=2199277&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--><h2>Trump Trial Faces Potential Delay<\/h2>\n<p>In a twist that adds to the \u200dsuspense of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weve-identified-450000-ballots-that-miraculously-only-have-a-vote-for-joe-biden-sidney-powell-drops-a-bomb-on-sunday-morning-futures-video\/\" title=\"\"We've Identified 450,000 Ballots that Miraculously ONLY have a Vote for Joe Biden\" - Sidney Powell Drops a BOMB on Sunday Morning Futures (Video)\">legal battles<\/a> shadowing former\u2062 President Donald Trump, <strong>New York prosecutors are seeking a significant postponement<\/strong> of his upcoming trial. The\u2064 request\u2062 could push \u200dthe \u2064trial&#8217;s beginning back by\u200d up to 30 \u2062days, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-documents-biden-likely-knew-about-fbi-raid-on-trump\/\" title=\"Court Documents: Biden likely knew about FBI raid on Trump\">latest court documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the center of this anticipated delay are <strong>hush money payments<\/strong> alleged to\u2062 have \u200bbeen made to a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michael-avenatti-sentenced-to-30-months-in-prison-after-reportedly-crying-in-court\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Michael Avenatti Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison After Reportedly Crying In Court\">adult film actress<\/a>. These accusations form the crux of prosecutors&#8217; charges against\u2062 Trump, relating to \u200bincidents purportedly taking place during his 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<h3>Why the \u2064Delay?<\/h3>\n<p>The legal team representing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has proposed this delay \u2064to ensure that Trump&#8217;s defense has sufficient time to digest a hefty dossier of newly submitted records that are pivotal \u2062to the indictment. As said by\u200c DA Alvin Bragg:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Specifically, yesterday the [U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office] produced approximately <strong>31,000\u2063 pages<\/strong> \u200dof additional records and represented that there will be another production of documents by \u200bnext week,&#8221; the prosecutors stated, forewarning that the documents could cumulate to over <strong>73,000 pages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The delay could shift the onset of the trial, originally set for jury selection on March 25, marking another setback in Trump&#8217;s congested legal itinerary.\u200c Trump&#8217;s calendar brims with <strong>four criminal\u2064 cases<\/strong>, each bearing its own weight and complexity.<\/p>\n<h3>The Defense&#8217;s Position<\/h3>\n<p>Defense attorneys have brought to light two motions from March 8. One proposes pushing the trial back by a minimum of 90 days, and another\u2062 advocates\u2063 holding off on scheduling \u200cuntil the full scope of pending documents has been received and appraised.<\/p>\n<p>The Manhattan case stands as a forerunner in the queue of \u2063Trump&#8217;s legal battles, signifying the first to\u200c proceed to trial &#8211; potentially the only one before the forthcoming \u2063Election\u200b Day. This is in spite of parallel efforts \u200cby federal prosecutors, who are working to\u200d advance one of two cases, led by special counsel Jack Smith, to trial before\u2062 November.<\/p>\n<p>Goals to bring one of \u200cSmith&#8217;s \u200dcases to court have been \u200cupended. \u200dThat particular case, which asserts that Trump schemed to \u200cobstruct the 2020 \u200delection results, has stalled as Trump seeks a Supreme Court judgement on his claims to presidential immunity with regard to his federal indictments.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Juan Merchan is the \u200dkey figure yet to give the green light for this delay, and as the legal community watches closely, the timeline for a ruling remains indeterminate. The repercussions of a potential delay upon Trump&#8217;s other\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-city-attorney-calls-out-teachers-unions-vaccine-demands-unlawful\/\" title=\"SF City Attorney Calls Out Teachers\u2019 Union\u2019s Vaccine Demands: \u2018Unlawful\u2019\">legal matters<\/a>\u2062 are also yet to unfold.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Legal Team Reacts<\/h3>\n<p>Responding to the fresh batch of\u200d evidence presented by the U.S.\u2062 attorney\u2019s office, Trump\u2019s\u2063 lawyers conveyed\u200d to Justice Merchan that their client is in dire need of time for a thorough review. They aim to scrutinize the late disclosures, possibly instigate further legal\u2064 action based on the \u2063findings, and fold this new information \u2062into their \u200cdefense strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The saga continues \u2062as the public and media outlets,\u200d such as <em>The Washington Examiner<\/em>, keep a close watch. For those eager to pore over the full details, here&#8217;s the <a href=\"#\">latest filing<\/a> from Bragg\u2019s office:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>2024.03.14 People&#8217;s Notice by Kaelan Deese on \u2063Scribd<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With each passing day, the\u2062 anticipation builds and the strategies \u2064evolve. The\u2062 wait for\u200c Merchan&#8217;s ruling will undoubtedly hold \u2062significant consequences for the trajectory of Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-2024-strong-campaign-style-is-here-to-stay-have-to-fight-back\/\" title=\"Trump affirms commitment to assertive 2024 campaign approach: \"Must counterattack\">legal confrontations<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NY prosecutors have requested a delay of up to 30 days in Donald Trump&#8217;s trial over 2016 hush money payments. The aim is to give Trump&#8217;s team ample time, as per Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg&#8217;s lawyers&#8217; recent filing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2199278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/collage-maker-04-apr-2023-10-41-pm-6118-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2199277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/collage-maker-04-apr-2023-10-41-pm-6118-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2199277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2199277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2199277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2199277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}