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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Ed Pilkington

Furious Trump heaped scorn on own lawyer over trial date, book says

Donald Trump waits to take the witness stand during his civil fraud trial at New York supreme court on Monday.
Donald Trump waits to take the witness stand during his civil fraud trial at New York supreme court on Monday. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/AP

The extent of Donald Trump’s frustrations over the timing of his multiple scheduled court appearances in the thick of the 2024 presidential race, as well as the disdain with which he treats his own lawyers, is laid bare in a new book by Jonathan Karl.

The Washington correspondent for ABC News reveals Trump’s furious reaction when told by a Manhattan judge earlier this year that his criminal trial in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case would start on 25 March 2024. That places it right in the middle of the Republican primaries, and just 20 days before the all-important Super Tuesday in which 15 states decide their preferred candidate.

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