New York Judge Juan Merchan issued a 30-day stay on Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial for financial fraud related to his cover-up of an extramarital affair with a porn star in an effort to protect his presidential campaign, noting that the volume of evidence recently turned over to the District Attorney’s Office and the defense team forced the delay. Ignoring suggestions from the defense, the judge issued a delay per what DA Alvin Bragg had requested.
Merchan also called for the defense team and the DA’s office to turn over all communication regarding the recently released evidence and their efforts to get it from the Justice Department’s Southern District of New York, scheduling a hearing on the matter for March 25th. Apparently, Merchan wants to know what the DOJ threw a wrench in his trial schedule by dumping the information at the last moment.