Trump to Attend Hearing in New York Criminal Case

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  • Source: The Epoch Times
  • 02/15/2024
Former President Trump is headed into a pre-trial hearing for a New York criminal case relating to the disclosure of “hush money” that he allegedly arranged to keep two women quiet about their purported extramarital affairs with him before the 2016 presidential election.
New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan is set to consider Trump’s motion to dismiss the case, as well as a timetable for trial. The trial is currently scheduled for March 25, nearly a year after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought his 34-count indictment accusing the former president of falsifying business records related to the alleged hush money.

President Trump, Mr. Bragg’s office alleges, paid his former attorney Michael Cohen in 11 checks that were illegally disguised as payment in a “non-existent retainer agreement.”

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