WASHINGTON — The first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president is one step closer to proceeding after a New York judge set jury selection for March 25.
On Thursday, the judge denied Donald Trump’s request to dismiss criminal charges against him, stemming from alleged hush money paid to an adult film star.
Trump spoke out in front of the assembled press about the case.
“I think it’s ridiculous,” he said. “It’s unfair.”
He has pleaded not guilty to nearly three dozen counts of falsifying business records. Prosecutors have accused him of trying to hide a relationship with Stormy Daniels from voters, and his alleged attempt to buy her silence.
Trump wanted the case dismissed, arguing it was politically motivated.
“‘They want to rush it because they want to get it desperately before the election,” he said.
It’s just one of the multiple criminal cases against Trump that are seeing movement this week.
In another case in Georgia on Thursday, all eyes were on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis who testified about her romantic relationship with a special prosecutor she hired to lead the 2020 election interference case against the former president.
The judge overseeing the case required a special hearing on the
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