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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly and agencies in New York

Trump hush money trial set for March 2024 during Republican primaries

Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his legal team in a Manhattan court, 4 April 2023, in New York.
Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his legal team in a Manhattan court, 4 April 2023, in New York. Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

Donald Trump’s trial in New York on criminal charges over hush money payments to the porn star Stormy Daniels will begin on 25 March 2024, amid the Republican presidential primary and less than than eight months before the general election the former president hopes to contest.

The trial date was announced in a hearing in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday, Trump attending by video link from his Florida home.

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