What’s next legally for Donald Trump after being charged in New York hush money case?
- Any potential trial could be more than a year away after Trump, who seeks a return to the White House, pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges
- Experts say if elected, Trump would not hold the power to pardon himself of state charges – pushing the case into uncharted legal waters
But any potential trial could be more than a year away. That raises the possibility that the former US president could face a jury in a Manhattan courtroom as he seeks a return to the White House – or even after the November 2024 election.
After Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges of falsifying business records on Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan set the next court hearing for December 4.
Prosecutors said they plan to request a trial date of January 2024, while Trump’s legal team suggested a spring 2024 trial.
In the first three quarters of 2022, the average criminal case in Manhattan took more than 900 days to move from indictment to a trial verdict, according to data from the state’s division of criminal justice services.
Trump’s case is far from typical, and his lawyers say they intend to fight it aggressively with a blizzard of paperwork.
