The first of former President Donald Trump’s criminal trials is set to begin on April 15 after New York prosecutors accused him of falsifying business records related to an alleged affair with adult performer Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels.
The impending trial raises the prospect that he could face additional penalties, including a criminal conviction, before the 2024 election.
Former President Donald Trump on Sunday accused the judge overseeing the “hush-money” case of giving his lawyers a short period of time to review “hundreds of thousands” of documents a day before his New York trial is scheduled to start.
“Of course, and as the Judge knows, we need far more time than that,” President Trump added. “They could have started this Fake Biden Trial many years ago, not right in the middle of my campaign for President, and time would not be a problem. This is a blatant and unprecedented attack on Crooked Joe Biden’s Political Opponent.”
The process of selecting jurors and alternates for the criminal trial of Donald J. Trump, on charges related to allegedly falsified business records connected to a “hush money” payment, is highly unlikely to result in a jury that will weigh the evidence and render a verdict objectively, a legal expert has told The Epoch Times.
While some of the questions on the form directly address potential political biases and animosities on the part of respondents, it conspicuously fails to account for personal and political agendas that jurors are likely to bring with them into the courtroom, making a fair trial an impossibility.
SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa.—When former President Donald Trump denounced the New York criminal case against him as a “communist show trial,” thousands of people at his April 13 rally here responded with a thunderous chant: “We love Trump!”
“Thank you; I love you, too. ... That’s why I put up with this stuff,” President Trump said, referring to the repeated allegations and investigations he has faced ever since entering politics.
He expressed appreciation for the crowd at the Schnecksville Fire Company Fairgrounds, which he estimated at 42,000 people; most shivered in chilly, damp conditions with gusting winds for at least five hours.
During a joint press conference on April 12 with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), former President Donald Trump said he would testify at his upcoming criminal trial in New York if called to do so.
“I’m testifying, I'll tell the truth,” President Trump said. “I always tell the truth, and the truth is they have no case.”
In a previous press conference, President Trump said he was willing to testify but had added that he expected the trial to be delayed past the April 15 trial date. After three back-to-back rejections from the appellate division of the New York Supreme Court to stay the trial pending appeals, the case is set to go to trial Monday.