Donald Trump gets a March 2024 court date in the hush money case

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A judge on Tuesday scheduled Donald Trump’s criminal trial in his hush-money case for March 25, 2024.

Trump appeared on video in the courtroom, sitting next to one of his lawyers.

New York Judge Juan Manuel Merchan advised Trump to clear his calendar for the duration of the trial, which could last several weeks and comes at the height of the Republican primary season.

Trump in April pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.

The charges stem from an investigation into hush payments Trump made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election.

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Trump has framed the investigations as a concerted effort to undermine his election chances in 2024. He often comments on court cases during his media appearances, such as when he called author E .Jean Carroll’s “wack job” during a CNN town hall appearance, following a case in which a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.

During Tuesday’s hearing, Merchan reviewed an order barring Trump from discussing certain evidence in the case. According to the order, Trump can discuss the case, but the court can hold him in contempt if he uses any evidence from the discovery phase to target witnesses. The order requires that Trump’s lawyers retain sole control of certain evidence.

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