Donald Trump Gets 2024 Trial Start For Stormy Daniels Payoffs; Ex-POTUS “Free To Campaign,” Judge Says Despite Protective Order
deadline.comDonald Trump’s bid to return to the White House could prove more complicated than anticipated, at least in the terms of the calendar.
A New York judge today slated March 25, 2024 as the start of the former president’s criminal trial for 2016 payoff hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels over an affair the two allegedly had 17 years ago.
With an atypically near silent Trump participating by video link, Judge Juan Merchan also used Tuesday’s hearing to caution the ex-Celebrity Apprentice host on what he can say and not say about the 34-count indictment case and any evidence his defense team may see and acquire.
Laying out the protective order to Trump, Judge Merchan warned of a “wide range of possible sanctions including a finding of contempt” if the loose lipped defendant started revealing what he and his team have seen in discovery.
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