Former President Donald Trump's lawyer Susan Necheles waits in the hallway for the courtroom to open for a hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in New York. Trump made a video appearance in his criminal case on Tuesday. He has pleaded not guilty on April 4 to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to payments his company made to his former lawyer, Michael Cohen.
Former President Donald Trump's lawyer Susan Necheles waits in the hallway for the courtroom to open for a hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in New York. Trump made a video appearance in his criminal case on Tuesday. He has pleaded not guilty on April 4 to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to payments his company made to his former lawyer, Michael Cohen.
NEW YORK — Donald Trump threw up his hands in frustration Tuesday as a judge scheduled his criminal trial for March 25, putting the former president and current candidate in a Manhattan courtroom in the heat of next year’s presidential primary season.
Trump, appearing by video conference at a pretrial hearing in the hush-money case, glowered at the camera as Judge Juan Manuel Merchan advised him to cancel all other obligations for the duration of the trial, which could last several weeks.
Trump, wearing a blue suit against a backdrop of American flags at his Florida estate, then turned to a lawyer by his side — their brief discussion inaudible on the video feed — before sitting with his arms folded for the remainder of the hearing.
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