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The issue of former US President Donald Trump paying money to silence Stormy Daniels may increase problems. According to media reports, the date of hearing in the case against Republican candidate Trump in the US presidential election has been fixed. A New York judge has set April 15 as the hearing date for the case. This will be the first criminal case against Trump.
During Monday's hearing, Trump asked the judge to adjourn the hearing. However, Judge Juan Merchan rejected all of Trump's requests and ordered the trial to begin on April 15. According to reports, the trial against Trump was scheduled to begin on Monday, but at the last minute, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office agreed to delay the trial.
More than 100,000 pages of records were released in the case
Earlier, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York had released more than 100,000 pages of records in the case. After this, the parties related to the case alleged why the documents were not brought forward earlier. To resolve the document dispute, both sides called a meeting on Monday instead of starting the hearing.
Trump attended the hearing with lawyers
Trump attended the hearing with half a dozen of his lawyers. According to media reports, Trump remained silent most of the time during the hearing and kept looking at the judge. After the hearing, Trump alleged that Bragg's case was being used to prevent him from campaigning for the presidential election in November. He said that this case could have been brought three and a half years ago. Now he has been campaigning for many days, so the opponents want to try to stop him during the elections. He said that this is interference in elections.
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Former President Trump has been accused of paying US$130,000 to adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged affair with him before the 2016 presidential election. Trump had paid this amount through his then manager Michael Cohen. Apart from this, he is also accused of falsifying business records. However, Trump has denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty.