{"id":2205676,"date":"2024-03-25T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-against-trump-in-hush-money-case-setting-up-trial-for-april-15\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T14:11:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:11:02","slug":"judge-rules-against-trump-in-hush-money-case-setting-up-trial-for-april-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-against-trump-in-hush-money-case-setting-up-trial-for-april-15\/","title":{"rendered":"The judge&#8217;s decision in the hush money case goes against Trump, leading to a trial scheduled for April 15"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fjudge-rules-against-trump-in-hush-money-case-setting-up-trial-for-april-15%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=2205676&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>Judge\u2063 Rules Against Trump \u2063in Hush Money Case<\/h2>\n<p>A recent development in New York City\u2062 has set the\u2062 stage\u200c for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fraud-trial-judge-arthur-engoron-donated-to-democrats-for-decades\/\" title=\"Judge Arthur Engoron, presiding over Trump's fraud trial, has a long history of donating to Democrats.\">high-profile trial involving<\/a> former President Donald Trump. \u200bManhattan District\u200b Attorney Alvin Bragg\u200d received a favorable\u2063 ruling from Judge Juan Merchan \u200cduring a hearing, paving\u2062 the way for the trial to commence on April \u200d15.<\/p>\n<h3>Discovery Dispute Addressed<\/h3>\n<p>Trump had\u2062 raised concerns regarding discovery issues, alleging\u200c that Bragg was withholding crucial evidence that could benefit him. However, the\u2063 judge&#8217;s decision indicated that Bragg was in compliance with his obligations and had not violated any discovery rules.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Trump&#8217;s efforts to dismiss \u2063the\u200b case or further delay the trial due to a recent influx of\u2062 discovery\u2063 documents, the court ruled against him, emphasizing Bragg&#8217;s adherence \u200dto legal requirements.<\/p>\n<h3>Trial Details<\/h3>\n<p>The trial, \u2063scheduled to kick\u200c off with \u2064jury selection at the\u200d New York Supreme\u200c Court in Manhattan, is\u200d anticipated \u200bto be a significant event lasting several weeks. Trump \u200cis mandated to be present throughout the\u200b proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Key testimony is expected from Michael Cohen, Trump&#8217;s former attorney with a \u2063checkered past. Cohen&#8217;s insights\u200c are anticipated to play a pivotal role in Bragg&#8217;s\u200d pursuit of proving allegations of <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> during\u2064 Trump&#8217;s 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<h3>Discovery\u2063 Source<\/h3>\n<p>The delay in receiving discovery \u200cmaterials stems from the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office \u200dfor\u200d the Southern District of New York, which is\u200c linked to Cohen&#8217;s prior federal charges relating to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-subpoenas-prosecutor-who-resigned-from-manhattan-das-office\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan Subpoenas Prosecutor Who Resigned From Manhattan DA's Office\">hush money scheme<\/a> in question. Bragg \u200cpointed fingers at the U.S. \u200cAttorney&#8217;s Office for the delayed delivery of these crucial documents.<\/p>\n<p>With escalating tensions and legal maneuvers between the parties \u200binvolved, the upcoming trial promises to \u200dbe a dramatic showdown with significant \u200dimplications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In New York, Judge Juan Merchan backed Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg in a hearing Monday, scheduling ex-President Donald Trump&#8217;s hush money case trial for April 15.Trump\u2019s request to dismiss the case was denied as Bragg was found to have not broken any discovery rules<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2205677,"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\/2024\/03\/AP24052771408733-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205676","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\/2024\/03\/AP24052771408733-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205676","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}