A New York judge has set jury selection in Donald Trump's hush money trial to begin on March 25th. The judge denied Trump's request to dismiss the charges in the case. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels. His lawyer called the March trial date "election interference" as Trump runs for president. Trump will be the first former president to stand trial in a criminal case.
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00:00 It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.
00:02 A New York judge has set jury selection in Donald Trump's hush money trial to begin
00:06 on March 25th.
00:08 The judge denied Trump's request to dismiss the charges in this case.
00:12 Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment
00:17 to Stormy Daniels.
00:19 His lawyer called the March trial "date election interference" as Trump runs for
00:24 president.
00:25 Trump will be the first former president to stand trial in a criminal case.
00:28 Trump maintains the charges against him are politically motivated to harm his election
00:32 bid.
00:33 For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.
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