New York prosecutors have urged a judge to start Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial April 15, saying defense requests for further delays or dismissal of the case because of a last-minute evidence dump are a “red herring.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks after voting in the Florida primary election in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks after voting in the Florida primary election in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2024.
Judge Juan M. Merchan last week postponed the trial’s start until mid-April after Trump’s lawyers complained that the late arrival of evidence from the federal investigation was hindering their preparations. Trump’s lawyers have said some of that evidence appears to be “exculpatory and favorable to the defense.” Prosecutors argue it mostly pertains to Cohen’s unrelated federal convictions, though that material could come in handy to Trump’s lawyers in seeking to undermine Cohen’s credibility.
Prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday that the Trump legal team’s allegations were “wholly unfounded, and the circumstances here do not come close to warranting the extreme sanctions” that are being sought. They said there was no discovery violation because evidence-sharing rules apply only to material in their possession — not evidence kept by outside parties like the U.S. attorney’s office.
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