Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg had supported the delay

The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial agreed to delay the trial’s start date by 30 days after prosecutors received an influx of materials to review, just two weeks ahead of the trial’s initial start date.

Judge Juan Merchan wrote on Friday, 15 March that the trial would be postponed by 30 days, meaning it would begin in mid-April.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asked the judge overseeing the criminal case on 14 March to delay the trial by as much as 30 days after the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) produced 31,000 pages of records the day prior. Prosecutors also noted on Friday that they are expecting an additional 15,000 pages of potential evidence.

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    If you’re trying to keep track of where we’re at in the Trump prosecutions:

    Updated 03/16/2024

    New York
    34 state felonies
    Stormy Daniels Payoff
    Investigation
    Indictment
    Arrest <- You Are Here
    Trial - Following a dump of 100,000+ documents in another investigation, Trump lawyers have successfully requested a delay from the original trial date of March 25th. A hearing will still be held on that day, but the actual trial is now moving to some point after April 15th.
    Conviction
    Sentencing

    Washington, D.C.
    4 federal felonies
    January 6th Election Interference
    Investigation
    Indictment
    Arrest  <- You Are Here
    Trial - The trial, originally scheduled for March 4th, has been placed on hold pending the Supreme Court ruling on Presidential Immunity. They are due to hear those arguments on April 25th.
    Conviction
    Sentencing

    Florida
    40 federal felonies
    Top Secret Documents charges
    Investigation
    Indictment
    Original indictment was for 37 felonies.
    3 new felonies were added on July 27, 2023.
    Arrest <- You Are Here
    Trial - May 20, 2024
    Conviction
    Sentencing

    Georgia
    10 state felonies
    Election Interference
    As of 3/13/24 - Judge McAfee cleared 6 charges, 3 against Trump, saying they were too generic to be enforced.
    As of 3/15/24 - The case may proceed, but either Fulton County DA, Fani Willis and her office or Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade must remove themselves due to the appearance of impropriety.
    Nathan Wade has now stepped down.
    Investigation
    Indictment
    Arrest <- You Are Here
    All 19 defendants have surrendered.
    Trial - A trial date of Aug. 5, 2024 has been requested, not approved yet.
    Three defendants, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, and bail bondsman Scott Hall, have all pled guilty and have agreed to testify in other cases.
    Conviction
    Sentencing

    Other grand juries, such as for the documents at Bedminster, or the Arizona fake electors, have not been announced.

    The E. Jean Carroll trial for sexual assault and defamation where Trump was found liable and ordered to pay $5 million before immediately defaming her again resulting in a demand for $10 million is not listed as it’s a civil case and not a crimimal one. He was found liable in that case for $83.3 million.

    There had been multiple cases in multiple states to remove Trump from the ballot, citing ineligibility under the 14th amendment.

    The Supreme Court ruled on March 4th that states do not have the ability to determine eligibility in Federal elections.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/video/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-colorado-supreme-court-donald-trump-ballot-ruling/

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      Yup, and then die in office. But he’ll never see the inside of a jail cell unfortunately.

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    To all the people worried about this: drumpf’s attorneys wanted a 90 day delay. The DA is saying “I agree, let’s give him a delay of 30 days”

    It’s actually a move to ensure this gets dealt with before November. Really encouraging tbh.

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    This is on purpose. There are no good sides. Burn it all down now while you can or later when your family is inside the house.