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(407 posts)Judge delays Trumps hush-money criminal trial until mid-April, citing last-minute evidence dump
NEW YORK (AP) Donald Trumps New York hush-money criminal trial was delayed Friday until at least mid-April as the judge seeks answers about a last-minute evidence dump that the former presidents lawyers said has hampered their ability to prepare their defense.
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In a letter Friday, Merchan told Manhattan prosecutors and Trumps defense team that he wanted to assess who, if anyone, is at fault for the late production of the documents, whether it hurt either side and whether any sanctions are warranted.
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Prosecutors contend Trumps lawyers caused the evidence problem by waiting until Jan. 18 a mere nine weeks before the scheduled start of jury selection to subpoena the U.S. attorneys office for the full case file.
District Attorney Alvin Braggs office said it requested the full file last year but the U.S. attorneys office only turned over a subset of records. Trumps lawyers received that material last June and had ample time to seek additional evidence from the federal probe, the district attorneys office said.
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https://apnews.com/article/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial-delay-8e41f4be00f0420056433d2381189df8
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