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Former President Donald Trump will stand trial over a hush payment to Stormy Daniels beginning with jury selection on April 15, Judge Juan Merchan ruled Monday, rejecting Trump's request for an additional delay.
The case, which was initially scheduled to begin jury selection on Monday, was adjourned for 30 days by Merchan earlier this month, after defense attorneys raised issues with the late production of over 100,000 pages of potential evidence by federal prosecutors.
The judge decided Monday that the District Attorney of New York County is not at fault for the late production of documents from the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.
"The Manhattan District Attorney's office made diligent, good faith efforts" to retrieve appropriate material, the judge said, adding that Trump will not suffer any prejudice as a result of the late disclosure.
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