Manhattan DA Criticizes “Grab-Bag Of Meritless” Motions And States That There Is No Reason For A Further Delay

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Less than 270 papers that federal authorities recently gave to Donald Trump, according to Manhattan prosecutors, are fresh and pertinent to the criminal case concerning hush money payments, and there is no need to postpone the trial any longer.

Additionally, Manhattan District Attorney’s office prosecutors informed the judge that no sanctions were necessary and blamed Trump’s legal team for the delayed release of documents from the Southern District of New York US attorney’s office. Trump claimed that the federal prosecution of Michael Cohen, his former fixer and a crucial state witness, was being kept from them by the prosecution, and he urged Judge Juan Merchan to drop the indictment and postpone the trial for ninety days.

Manhattan DA Case Trial Dates Pushed To Mid-April

The district attorney’s office alleged that Trump’s attorneys were attempting to make a “grab-bag of meritless discovery arguments in the latest of a long series of attempts to evade responsibility for the conduct charged in the indictment” in several files on Thursday. The district attorney said, “Defence counsel has likewise stretched the boundaries of zealous advocacy in this case.” 

The DA said, “Defendant’s motion and subsequent filings are a transparent attempt to shift the focus away from his criminal conduct by pursuing remedies to which he is not entitled, including dismissal, a lengthy adjournment, and preclusion of evidence. Due to the disagreement, the court pushed back the trial’s scheduled start date until at least April 15.