Trump trial over porn star payoff set for March, before 2024 election
Former President Donald Trump boards his airplane after speaking at a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, April 27, 2023.
Donald Trump will go on trial beginning March 25 for the New York criminal case in which he is accused of falsifying business records related to a hush money payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels, a judge said Tuesday.
That trial is set to begin amid the presidential primary season and less than eight months before the 2024 election. Trump is currently seeking the Republican nomination for that race.
Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan announced the schedule for the trial as Trump appeared in court via a video hook-up for a hearing in the case.
Merchan warned Trump that he could be sanctioned if he violates an order that restricts his ability to make public comments about aspects of the criminal case.
A spokesman for Trump's campaign, and an attorney for Trump in the case did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
- Additional reporting by CNBC's Kevin Breuninger
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Source: CNBC
