Former President Donald Trump will be sidelined from the campaign in the middle of the Republican primary schedule to spend potentially weeks in a Manhattan courtroom.
The March 25 trial date became official Thursday when a judge refused to throw out charges brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. for alleged hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
Cameras won’t be permitted in the courtroom during the trial, the first of four criminal cases featuring 91 charges against the GOP front-runner. But Trump indicated he’ll use the public attention as his campaign stage as he fights to avoid a conviction before Election Day.
Asked about how he would campaign during the New York trial, Trump said, “I’ll do it in the evening.”
While most of the states and territories will have already held their Republican nominating contests by the date, there are
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