They reject Trump’s plea to postpone his first criminal trial, the Stormy Daniels Case

A judge from the Court of Appeals of New York denied the request of the former US president donald trump delay his first criminal trial, related to alleged payments to the porn actress stormy Daniel.

According to local media reports this Tuesday, lawyers for trump They requested yesterday, Monday, in an urgent hearing before the appeal court, the postponement of the trial, which is scheduled to begin on April 15, and the change of its location.

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The associate judge Lizbeth González denied the appeal, as reported Tuesday by CNN and other media outlets.

Lawyers argued that Trump would not get a fair trial in New York.

The former Republican president (2017-2021) faces 34 counts of fraud for falsifying documents to hide payments made in 2016, during his presidential campaign, to the porn actress Stormy Daniels buy her silence about an alleged extramarital relationship, something that Trump denies.

The process of New York It is the first in history of a criminal nature opened against a former president of the U.S and would begin April 15 with jury selection.

Source: Elcomercio

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