Monday was supposed to be the start of the trial in New York for the case involving payments to Donald Trump’s former friend and attorney Michael Cohen for hush-money payments allegedly made to cover up an alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels.
But instead of the start of the trial, Judge Juan Merchan will be holding a hearing to determine who is responsible for the delay by federal prosecutors in turning over more than 100,000 pages of records to the defense, which only began this month. The trial is now delayed until at least mid-April, but it could be much longer and there may be sanctions involved.
Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business documents related to the repayment, according to CNN, and has pleaded not guilty and denied the affair.
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