The New York judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's criminal prosecution involving hush money paid to adult actress Stormy Daniels signaled he is open to moving the date of the trial, currently scheduled for March, due to "the many recent developments involving Mr. Judge Juan Merchan, in a letter to defense attorney Todd Blanche, said he would schedule a hearing this coming February to consider whether it makes sense to move the trial. Merchan said he would no longer hold a conference to discuss the schedule in the next week, as had been planned. A judge in Washington, D.C., last month set a March 4 trial date for Trump's federal election interference trial, and Trump's classified documents trial is also scheduled to get underway in the spring. Judge says he is open to moving date of Trump's hush money trial originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News September 12, 2023 16:28 UTC