Prosecutors in the case against former US President Donald Trump in which he is accused of bribery said this Thursday that they are not opposed to postponing the proceedings for 30 days beyond the current deadline of March 25, due to the recent release of thousands of pages of documents by federal prosecutors.
As a result, a delay in the first criminal trial against the former president would be another victory for Trump, who intends to slow down legal proceedings as he prepares to face Democrat Joe Biden, current US president, in the November 5 election.
The bribery case in New York state court is currently considered the criminal case against Trump that is expected to go to trial before the others in chronological order.
In official documents, prosecutors from the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg stated that Trump requested a 90-day delay in the trial because the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, which participated in the case in the past, released 73,000 pages in March of potentially relevant materials.
Any change in deadline will have to be approved by the judge in the case, Juan Merchan.
Trump has maintained he is innocent of 34 counts of falsifying financial records to cover up money he gave to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election in exchange for her silence about an intimate encounter she claims she had with him a decade earlier. , something he denies.
This week, Trump asked the judge to postpone the trial until the United States Supreme Court considers his request for presidential immunity in the case that judges his attempt to reverse the result of the 2020 election, when he lost to Biden.
