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Michael Sisak | Associated Press

Trump makes video appearance in New York hush-money criminal case

Former President Donald Trump and his attorney Todd Blanche appear by video at a hearing in Manhattan criminal court. Trump’s trial will begin March 25 on allegations that he falsified business records related to hush money paid to conceal sexual encounters. (Associated Press)

NEW YORK — Donald Trump threw up his hands in frustration Tuesday as a judge scheduled his criminal trial for March 25, putting the former president and current candidate in a Manhattan courtroom in the heat of next year’s presidential primary season.

Trump, appearing by video conference at a pretrial hearing in the hush-money case, glowered at the camera as Judge Juan Manuel Merchan advised him to cancel all other obligations for the duration of the trial, which could last several weeks.

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