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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Taintor

Trump legal team mulling request to move criminal trial to more conservative Staten Island

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Lawyers for Donald Trump have considered trying to move his criminal case from deep-blue Manhattan to the more conservative New York borough of Staten Island, according to a new report.

A Manhattan grand jury indicted Mr Trump last week on charges related to a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. The money was paid in an effort to prevent Ms Daniels from publicly revealing an affair she claims she had with the president years ago. Mr Trump has long denied the allegations.

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