The New York criminal case against former President Donald Trump over allegedly miscategorized “hush money” payments to Stormy Daniels was initially scheduled to begin jury selection on March 25. However, after the Trump legal team requested a postponement until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity issue and District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office acceded to a continuance after 31,000 pages of records from the US Attorney’s Office were produced pursuant to subpoena (albeit, pushing for a 30-day delay rather than the 90 days requested by the defense), Judge Juan Merchan agreed to bump the trial 30 days, so that the case is now set to begin sometime in mid-late April.
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The case may not be proceeding on its originally appointed date, but it looms nonetheless. With the trial date fast approaching, the parties have filed and presented their “motions in limine” (pre-trial motions) to the court. These are essentially motions seeking preliminary rulings from the court on various evidentiary matters. They serve several purposes: streamlining the…
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