For its part, the prosecutor’s office did not object to a short-term postponement.

In this case Trump faces up to four years in prisonBut experts say Merchan is likely to opt for a shorter term, or perhaps one of probationary period or periodic court visits.

But it wasn’t all good news for Trump. Earlier this month, Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein has rejected the former president’s recent request to move his criminal case to federal court. for irregular payments to former porn actress Stormy Daniels.

The judge rejected Trump’s defense argument that the Supreme Court’s ruling granting him presidential immunity applies to the case and said it was not his job to consider allegations of bias and conflict of interest against Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the case.

In a four-page ruling, Hellerstein, who had already rejected a similar transfer request last year, said the money Trump sent to the “porn actress was not related to official presidential action” and insisted that The Supreme Court’s view remains that these payments “were private and unofficial acts outside the executive power.”

Speaking to the press today at his Trump Tower, the former president reiterated that the justice system is “rigged,” that In matters that affect him, they have a tinge of obvious “political interference.” and that the fact that he is being tried in New York, a city that is clearly “anti-Republican,” is a clear example of how politics pollutes justice in the Big Apple.

EFE