The Manhattan District Attorney's office has countered former President Donald Trump's claims about the handling of documents in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, labeling them as 'wild and untrue allegations'. Trump's lawyers accused prosecutors of misconduct in managing the documents related to Michael Cohen's conviction, which the DA's office declared 'wholly unfounded'. The controversy has postponed Trump's trial, with Judge Merchan scheduled to hear arguments regarding the documents. After reviewing approximately 31,000 pages from the Southern District of New York (SDNY), the DA's office noted that Trump's defense already has the majority of these documents, with fewer than 270 undisclosed documents, mostly incriminating. Despite the turnover of over 170,000 documents, prosecutors maintain that less than 300 of these are pertinent to Trump's criminal defense. Trump's team has sought a three-month delay to review the documents, a request the DA's office has urged the judge to reject, asserting the time already provided was more than adequate. Trump previously pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records connected to hush-money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
Mr. Trump pleaded not guilty last year to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with hush-money payments Mr. Cohen made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. https://t.co/FrJPvWmuuB
The prosecutor’s office said Mr. Trump’s team was “leveling wild and untrue allegations of misconduct and malfeasance," and asked the judge to dismiss Mr. Trump's delay request. https://t.co/FrJPvWmuuB
Prosecutors said that fewer than 270 documents from the investigation into Mr. Cohen contain “only limited materials relevant to the subject matter of this case.” https://t.co/FrJPvWmuuB
D.A. Alvin Bragg’s office argued in a court filing Thursday that the delay given by Judge Merchan is a “more than reasonable amount of time” for Mr. Trump’s team to review the documents, and that no further delay is needed. https://t.co/FrJPvWmuuB
Lawyers for Mr. Trump asked for a three-month delay after they unexpectedly received more than 100,000 pages of documents from a previous federal investigation of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. https://t.co/FrJPvWmuuB
Manhattan DA tells judge not to further delay Trump trial: 'Enough is enough' https://t.co/wzy053aFZu
A March 25 hearing in a Manhattan courtroom could determine a trial date for former US President Donald Trump, who faces New York state criminal charges of falsifying business records to hide hush money payments to an adult film star https://t.co/YFcipW4BBx https://t.co/dMijwWdFwd
Manhattan DA Bragg opposes further delay of Trump trial Motivating the delay is the turnover of more than 100,000 of documents by federal prosecutors that Trump's team has sought additional time to review. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/jKN4vBlP2e
NEW: Manhattan DA tells judge not to further delay Trump trial: 'Enough is enough' https://t.co/ZjpMvvqRID via @nbcnews
The Manhattan district attorney is pushing back on claims of misconduct from former President Donald Trump's legal team as the two sides spar over the late production of thousands of pages of documents. https://t.co/CX2uCvGiyc
Prosecutors Accuse Trump, Counsel of 'Wholly Inventing Facts' to Delay Criminal Trial https://t.co/aYNLQI9Jmy
Manhattan DA urges judge to deny Trump motion to further delay trial https://t.co/fdFaDEJqbf
LAWFARE: Democrats desperate to get Trump's New York criminal trial started have assured the judge that Trump's lawyers don't need to review the 170,000 documents the US Attorney finally turned over. https://t.co/XUrtGQuzVr
New York state prosecutors say former President Trump's falsifying business records case should proceed to trial because less than 300 of the over 170,000 documents turned over to lawyers are potentially relevant to his criminal defense. https://t.co/fZ26eYB58m
Prosecutors, Manhattan DA’s office, push back on Trump lawyers’ ‘untrue allegations’ about docs in the Michael Cohen case Judge Merchan, who’s delayed Trump’s hush money trial over the dispute, will hear arguments about docs on Monday @molcranenewman https://t.co/3qVMItPx3a
⚠️ TRUMP IS MAKING 'WILD' CLAIMS ABOUT LATE HUSH MONEY DOCUMENTS, PROSECUTORS SAY Full Story → https://t.co/uKl01SxvPO Prosecutors on Thursday accused Donald Trump of making "wild and untrue" accusations against them about the timing of the disclosure of thousands of pages of…
Manhattan DA’s office said Trump’s 'wild and untrue allegations' that prosecutors trying Stormy Daniels hush money case engaged in 'misconduct and malfeasance' in tracking down paperwork tied to Michael Cohen’s conviction are 'wholly unfounded' https://t.co/9Y8CfSUfEP
News After reviewing ~31K pages of documents from SDNY, the Manhattan DA claims that Trump already has the "overwhelming majority" of them. Fewer than "an estimated 270 documents" haven't been disclosed to the defense — and they're mostly "inculpatory." https://t.co/pRcTaAVEzW