2023-05-05 08:50:19
The calendar is not in his favor. The New York judge, who must organize the future historic criminal trial of Donald Trump, charged with fraud, asked Thursday the prosecution and the defense of the former American president to agree on a date between February and March 2024 This means that a trial would be held right at the time of the Republican Party primaries, with a view to the November 2024 presidential election.
And in the conservative camp, it is precisely Donald Trump who remains at the top of the polls. Once the date is set, all parties, including the former president of the United States, will not be able to plan anything else, demanded the New York State judge for Manhattan jurisdiction.
During an in-person appearance in Manhattan on April 4, Donald Trump was criminally charged with 34 tax accounting frauds related to payments to cover up embarrassing affairs ahead of the 2016 presidential election, including a sexual relationship with the movie actress X Stormy Daniels, which he has always denied.
Falsification of accounting documents
Such a criminal indictment is unprecedented for a President of the United States. But lawyers and politicians have deemed the indictment both “insignificant” legally and “risky” politically: it is neither the legal payment of 130,000 dollars to Stormy Daniels, Stephanie Clifford of her real name, for that ‘she remains silent, nor the reimbursement of this sum which are reprehensible.
Donald Trump is instead accused of “falsifying accounting records” of his company Trump Organization. He allegedly hid these transactions in “legal fees,” in violation of New York State campaign finance laws.
The former tenant of the White House, who dreams of returning there but who is surrounded by legal and sexual affairs, considers himself “innocent” and the victim of a political “witch hunt” in this criminal case.
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