纽约市法官将前总统的审判日期定在2024年3月25日唐纳德·特朗普的被控伪造商业记录的刑事审判。
这位前总统实际上于周二出现在曼哈顿的一家法院，面对主持他的刑事案件的法官。
特朗普与他的律师托德·布兰奇(Todd Blanche)并肩坐在一起，双手交叉放在桌子上，当法官胡安·梅尔科姆宣布审判日期时，他对着镜头怒目而视，可能是因为这个日期与特朗普寻求的共和党初选日历相冲突夺回总统职位。
Merchan此前表示，任何与此案有关的人都不得安排任何与审判冲突的事情，这似乎包括任何可能阻止特朗普出庭的竞选活动。
商人审查了特朗普的条款保护令这禁止他在社交媒体上分享曼哈顿地区检察官在发现过程中移交的任何证据。
2023年4月4日，前总统唐纳德·特朗普在佛罗里达州棕榈滩的Mar-a-Lago庄园发表演讲。
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在特朗普批评马科姆、曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格和其他与此案有关的人后，检察官寻求保护令。
“特朗普总统正在竞选美国总统，并且是领先的竞争者，”布兰奇告诉法官。"他非常担心自己的第一修正案权利受到侵犯。"
Merchan重申保护令不是禁言令。
“这当然不是禁言令，我也无意阻碍特朗普先生竞选总统，”Merchan说。"他可以自由地做任何不违反保护令条款的事情。"
法宝不服罪上个月，34项伪造商业记录的重罪指控源于在2016年竞选的最后几周向成人电影女演员斯托米·丹尼尔斯支付13万美元的封口费。
特朗普被指控涉嫌检察官所谓的“非法计划”，通过指示他当时的私人律师迈克尔·科恩来影响2016年总统大选付给丹尼尔斯13万美元以防止她公开与特朗普长期否认的恋情。特朗普通过一系列每月支票偿还科恩，检察官表示，这些支票导致商业记录被伪造，以掩盖付款的真实目的。
Judge sets 2024 date for Trump's criminal trial in Stormy Daniels case
A New York City judge has set a trial date of March 25, 2024, for former PresidentDonald Trump'scriminal trial on charges of falsifying business records.
The former president appeared, virtually, in a Manhattan court Tuesday before the judge presiding over his criminal case.
Trump, sitting side-by-side with his attorney Todd Blanche, his hands folded on the table, scowled into the camera when Judge Juan Merchan announced the trial date, possibly because the date conflicts with the GOP primary calendar as Trump seeks toreclaim the presidency.
Merchan has previously indicated that no one associated with the case is allowed to schedule anything that would conflict with the trial, which would seemingly including any campaign appearances that would keep Trump from appearing in court.
Merchan reviewed for Trump the terms of aprotective orderthat prohibits him from sharing on social media any evidence turned over by the Manhattan district attorney during discovery.
Prosecutors sought the protective order after Trump criticized Merchan, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and others associated with the case.
"President Trump is running for president of the United States and is the leading contender," Blanche told the judge. "He is very much concerned that his First Amendment rights are being violated."
Merchan reiterated that the protective order is not a gag order.
"It's certainly not a gag order and it's not my intention to impede Mr. Trump to campaign for president," Merchan said. "He's free to do just about anything that does not violate the terms of this protective order."
Trumppleaded not guiltylast month to 34 felony charges of falsifying business records stemming from a $130,000 hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the closing weeks of the 2016 campaign.
Trump has been charged in connection with what prosecutors have called "an illegal scheme" to influence the 2016 presidential election by directing his then-personal attorney Michael Cohen topay $130,000 to Danielsto prevent her from publicizing a long-denied affair with Trump. Trump reimbursed Cohen through a series of monthly checks, which prosecutors say caused business records to be falsified to disguise the true purpose of the payments.
