Donald Trump's hush-money trial confirmed to begin in March
The former president is accused of having paid to silence stories about his extramartial affairs during his 2016 presidential campaign.
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00:00 A judge in New York has ruled that Donald Trump must stand trial on March 25 in a case
00:07 about alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
00:11 He had been seeking to delay the case to allow him to campaign for this year's presidential
00:15 election.
00:18 The former president claims the ruling is election interference by his Democrat opponents.
00:22 "They want to rush it because they want to get it desperately before the election.
00:30 And if it goes before the election, that's what they want to do.
00:31 They don't care.
00:32 After the election, they wouldn't have brought this except for the fact, no way, except for
00:37 the fact I'm running for president and doing well."
00:41 The case centers on accusations that Trump paid large amounts of money to bury stories
00:45 about alleged extramarital affairs with Daniels and another woman.
00:49 He denies any wrongdoing.
00:51 The former president is facing multiple other legal battles as he seeks to win the Republican
00:55 nomination to run against Joe Biden in November.
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