Judge Juan Merchan ruled Wednesday that former president Donald Trump’s hush money trial will not be delayed because the former president and current GOP frontrunner for the nomination waited too long to make the request.
The ruling means that barring unforeseen developments, the first criminal trial against Trump will commence April 15.
Trump argued that the judge should wait until the Supreme Court decides on an immunity case:
Unlike his other three criminal indictments, Trump had not argued he was immune from his 34 charges in the hush money case, which stems from payments made before he was president.
But the former president in recent weeks began insisting that some of prosecutors’ desired trial evidence would be precluded if the Supreme Court agrees with his immunity claims in another case. Trump had hoped to delay the trial until after the Supreme Court decides his…
