Judge Sets Date for Trump’s Hush Money Trial, And the Timing Could Heavily Impact the 2024 Election

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A date has been set for former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial — right in the thick of primary season.

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said Thursday that the criminal trial will begin on March 25.

Trump is accused of paying former porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about an alleged affair between the two ahead of the 2016 election. The former president has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records.

The trial will mark the first time an ex-president has faced criminal prosecution and comes at a pivotal time for Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.

It will start a few weeks after Super Tuesday and coincide with multiple primary elections, according to an NBC News calendar. The trial is expected to last about six weeks.

According to The Washington Post, defense attorney Todd Blanche voiced objections to the timeline during a Thursday hearing.

“President Trump is going to now spend the next two months working on this trial instead of out on the campaign trail,” the attorney told Merchan.

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