Before noon, Merchan had already dismissed the allegations from Trump’s attorneys, ruling there were no violations and that the trial will begin with jury selection on April 15.
Trump faced a Monday deadline to post bond or else New York Attorney General Letitia James could have begun the process of seizing his property.
‘It will be my honor to post,’ Trump saysTrump didn’t speak inside the courtroom Wednesday, but he still had plenty of chances to make his views of Monday’s developments known.
In the other three, he may yet be successful, though the New York trial is now set to begin in three weeks.
Immediately after Merchan’s decision to start the hush money trial next month, Trump’s attorneys sought another way to push back the start of the trial.
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