2023-05-04 21:56:27
Donald Trump’s criminal trial might take place in 2024
Donald Trump was criminally charged on April 4 with 34 tax accounting frauds related to payments to cover up embarrassing deals ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Donald Trump considers himself “innocent” and the victim of a political “witch hunt” in this criminal case.
AFP
The New York judge who must organize the future historic criminal trial of Donald Trump, charged since April with fraud, asked Thursday the prosecution and the defense of the former American president to agree on a date between February and March 2024.
This procedural hearing of magistrate Juan Merchan, which was held at the Manhattan courthouse, means that a trial would be held at the time of the Republican party primaries for the presidential election of November 2024, for which Donald Trump is in leading the polls in his conservative camp.
Once the date is set, all parties, including the former president of the United States, will not be able to plan anything else, demanded the New York State judge for Manhattan jurisdiction.
Election financing laws
During an in-person appearance in Manhattan on April 4, Donald Trump was criminally charged with 34 tax accounting frauds related to payments to cover up embarrassing affairs ahead of the 2016 presidential election, including a sexual relationship with the movie actress X Stormy Daniels, which he has always denied.
Such a criminal indictment is unprecedented for a President of the United States. But Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s case has been deemed by lawyers and politicians to be both legally “insignificant” and politically “risky.” It is neither the legal payment of 130,000 dollars to Stormy Daniels, Stephanie Clifford of her real name, so that she remains silent, nor the reimbursement of this sum which is reprehensible.
Donald Trump is instead accused of “falsifying accounting records” of his company Trump Organization by concealing these transactions in “legal fees”, in violation of New York State campaign finance laws. The former tenant of the White House, who dreams of returning there but who is surrounded by court cases, considers himself “innocent” and the victim of a political “witch hunt” in this criminal case.
AFP
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