Trump loses presidential immunity delay effort for upcoming New York criminal trial

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🗓️ 4 April 2024

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Former President Donald Trump has lost a presidential immunity delay effort for his upcoming New York hush money criminal trial. Plus, USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen reports on the wrangling over a judge's proposed jury instructions in Trump's separate documents case.

Outrage spreads over the slaying of aid workers in Gaza.

No contaminants were detected in the water after the Baltimore bridge collapse.

Taiwan earthquake recovery efforts continue.

USA TODAY National Correspondent Will Carless discusses the potential implications of a case centered on Antifa.

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0:08.0	Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday, April 4th, 2024. This is the excerpt.
0:19.0	Today the latest from two Trump cases, plus Chef Jose Andres speaks out after the
0:28.5	killing of aid workers from his organization and a landmark legal test opens around Antifa.
0:35.0	A New York judge yesterday rejected former President Donald Trump's plea to delay his
0:40.3	upcoming criminal hush money trial until after the Supreme Court rules on his claim of presidential immunity.
0:46.2	Trump had raised the argument in a legal filing last month urging Judge Juan Merchant to delay the trial
0:52.0	until after the High Court has ruled on the scope of
0:54.7	presidential immunity in a separate Trump case dealing with federal election interference charges.
1:00.5	But the judge said Trump raised the argument too late.
1:03.0	The trial is set to begin on April 15th.
1:06.0	That means Trump is on track to face his first criminal trial this month,
1:10.0	even as he's so far been able to postpone or upend trial dates in other criminal cases.
1:15.9	The case centers on whether Trump criminally falsified business records in order to cover up
1:20.7	a hush money payment by Michael Cohen,
1:23.0	Trump's former lawyer to adult film actress Stormy Daniels
1:26.4	before the 2016 presidential election.
1:29.4	Meanwhile in Trump's classified records case,
1:32.0	prosecutors blasted a judge's proposed
1:34.3	jury instructions for more on that I spoke with USA Today Justice Department
1:38.6	correspondent Bart Janssen.
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