Donald Trump’s criminal trial on charges related to paying a porn star hush money will begin April 15, a judge said Monday, and the Republican presidential nominee He could be convicted or acquitted before the elections November in the USA.

This date virtually guarantees Trump will go electroniche is the first former president of the United States to stand trial in criminal court.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to his former lawyer Michael Cohen to silence actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.

Daniels claims she had sex with Trump ten years ago his attempt to silence her, a version the former president denies.

Jury selection in the case was originally scheduled to begin Monday, but Judge Juan Merchan delayed it until March 15, nearly a month after Trump’s lawyers accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the charges, of trying to withhold documents that could help them vote. I doubt Cohen’s credibility.

The documents came from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, which previously investigated the payment but did not charge Trump. Cohen testified that Trump ordered him to make the payment, and he went to prison after pleading guilty to violating campaign finance laws.

At a court hearing Monday in New York State Court in Manhattan, Merchan was skeptical of Trump lawyer Todd Blanche’s argument that Bragg’s office had committed misconduct and asked the lawyer why he had not requested that the documents be forwarded to federal prosecutors.

Blanche responded that the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Sunday that will provide additional documents related to Danielswhose real name is Stephanie Clifford.

The case is one of several legal challenges facing Trump, 77, as he ramps up his 2024 campaign to defeat Democratic President Joe Biden.