A New York judge on Friday delayed the start of Donald Trump's New York hush-money trial by 30 days to at least mid-April to allow the former president's legal team to parse through a massive batch of newly disclosed evidence, The Associated Press reports.
Judge Juan Merchan agreed to the delay just under two weeks before its scheduled start date and a day after the prosecutors who brought the case against Trump voiced support in a court notice for a 30-day delay should the judge grant one. Merchan also scheduled a hearing to discuss questions about federal prosecutors' recent evidence dump on March 25, the previously scheduled start date for the trial.
