Judge has scheduled Donald Trump’s trial for Stormy Daniels payments for March 2024

Former President of the United States Donald Trump virtually attended the hearing at the federal court in New York for the criminal case of irregular payments to a porn actress stormy danielsin which the start of the trial is scheduled for March 25, 2024.

The former president, who attended from his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, along with his attorney Todd Blanche, appeared angry when he learned the trial date, according to local media, possibly because it conflicts with schedule for primaries The Republican Party in an attempt to return to the White House.

On April 4, Trump became the first US president to face criminal charges after being indicted on 34 counts in connection with a $130,000 payment Daniels made during the 2016 presidential campaign to hide their 10-year sexual relationship. Trump has pleaded not guilty.

Judge Juan Manuel Merchán, who is presiding over the case, today reminded Trump, 76, of the protection order issued on May 8 that prohibits him from speaking publicly or revealing on the networks the evidence provided to his defense by the Manhattan prosecutor’s office, which charged him. “Trump is running for the position of President of the United States and is the main contender. He’s very concerned that his First Amendment rights have been violated,” said Blanche, who acknowledged that this was not a restraining order signed by a judge.