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Donald Trump has been booked and charged - what happens now?
But any potential trial could be more than a year away. That raises the possibility that the former US president could face a jury in a Manhattan courtroom as he seeks a return to the White House - or even after the November 2024 election.
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Former US president Donald Trump arrives at the courtroom at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 4, 2023 before his hearing. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from three pre-election hush-money cases, prosecutors said.
(AFP/Ed Jones)
T
he events underlying the criminal case against Donald Trump - hush money payments to suppress stories about extramarital affairs - took place nearly seven years ago.
But any potential trial could be more than a year away. That raises the possibility that the former US president could face a jury in a Manhattan courtroom as he seeks a return to the White House - or even after the November 2024 election.
After Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges of falsifying business records on Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan set the next court hearing for Dec. 4.
Prosecutors said they plan to request a trial date of January 2024, while Trump's legal team suggested a spring 2024 trial.
In The Courtroom, On The Campaign Trail
In the first three quarters of 2022, the average criminal case in Manhattan took more than 900 days to move from indictment to a trial verdict, according to data from the state's division of criminal justice services.
Trump's case is far from typical, and his lawyers say they intend to fight it aggressively with a blizzard of paperwork.
