The first criminal trial against a former US president is likely to be postponed by up to a month, after Manhattan prosecutors agreed to allow Donald Trump more time to review newly obtained documents pertinent to his “hush money” case in New York.
If Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, agrees, the six-week trial that was scheduled to begin on March 25 could now commence towards the end of April.
The concession by the office of Manhattan’s district attorney Alvin Bragg is the latest vindication for the tactics deployed by Trump’s legal team, who have sought to delay or divert the cases against the former president by tying them up in procedural issues.