Already 3rd attempt
Trump fails again to delay trial
Former US President Donald Trump has suffered another setback in court. On Wednesday, a New York appeals court rejected a further request by Trump to postpone his criminal trial for hush money payments to a porn actress, which was scheduled for April 15. This was Trump's third failed attempt this week.
The criminal proceedings against Trump regarding a hush money payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels will therefore take place in the middle of the election campaign. The jury will almost certainly decide on the guilt or innocence of the Republican and presidential candidate before the election in early November. As in all his court proceedings, the 77-year-old has denied any guilt in the trial.
US voters consider the case serious
According to a poll, a majority of US voters consider the case against Trump in the hush money trial to be critical. This emerged from a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Wednesday ahead of the start of the trial on Monday. According to the survey, 64% of respondents described the charges as at least "fairly serious". For 34 percent, on the other hand, it is not serious.
One in four Republicans do not want to vote for Trump if convicted
Around four in ten Republican respondents also considered the allegations to be serious, as did two thirds of independents. Around a quarter of Republicans said they would not vote for Trump in November if he were convicted by a jury.
Trump speaks of politically motivated indictment
This also threatens Trump with political adversity in the event of a conviction: in the November election, a close result is expected in the duel against incumbent Joe Biden. The trial starting on Monday in New York is the first of four criminal proceedings against Trump. According to legal experts, the other three cases are actually more serious than the alleged hush money payments: Trump is accused of involvement in election fraud and unlawful handling of confidential documents. However, these trials have been postponed. Trump has pleaded not guilty in all four cases, arguing that they were politically motivated.
Trump's lawyer paid porn actress
The charges against Trump in the hush money trial were brought by a grand jury. They accused the now 77-year-old of falsifying business documents in connection with a payment to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. His lawyer paid her 130,000 dollars for her silence about a sexual encounter with Trump. According to her account, this allegedly took place in 2006. Trump has denied having had a sexual encounter with the woman. However, he admitted to having reimbursed the lawyer for his payment to her.
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