'A Grave Injustice' - Judge In Trump's Manhattan Trial Makes Massive Decision

Hey ladies and gentlemen, this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America and Thursday, February 15

2024 was a very busy court day involving cases that have to do with President or former President

Donald Trump. Before we get started, please make sure you like, comment, share, and subscribe

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So the first decision by the judge in Trump's Manhattan court case, now you may remember this

court case is about hush money payments he allegedly made to adult film star Stormy Daniels

This case was brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The first major decision

by this judge, Judge Murchon, in this case was made today. He decided that the case will begin

March 25th and it will start on March 25th with jury selection. So this is a major deal

and now Trump is going to seek to delay this trial. He believes that it's happening too quickly

that he's going to need more time to prepare, that his legal team is going to need more time

to prepare. It's going to be a very tough case in New York City. I'm not confident that even with

the best legal arguments, Trump can be victorious in a trial in New York City, no matter how flimsy

the case. And this one's flimsy. I want you to watch this report on the decision and Trump's

attorney's reaction to it right now. And then please remember to like, comment, share, and

subscribe. I'm Carmine Sabia for Explain America. We love you guys. God bless you. Take care

everybody. And of course we are monitoring right now this hearing that is happening in Georgia

You can see the defense and the prosecutors there both making their arguments. But we do

want to bring you an important update that is happening in the courtroom here in New York and

Manhattan in the first criminal case that was brought against former President Donald Trump

We have just learned the judge has rejected Trump's request to dismiss this case against him

and they have set a date. March 25th will be the first criminal trial based on what we know right

now against former President Donald Trump. He was indicted last March on 34 counts of falsifying

business records, ultimately arguing that that was an illegal campaign contribution on the

prosecutors according to the prosecutor's argument. And now we have learned March 25th will be the

date of that court case. And Paula Reed and Christian Holmes are here with me outside of this

courthouse. Obviously, this was a long shot bid, but I think what's key is what Trump said right

before he went into that courtroom, basically knowing that this was going to happen is he said

he's also going to seek to delay this date that it was just set. That's exactly right. And that's

what they're doing right now. Even though the judge said, look, jury selection is going to start on March 25th. His lawyer, Todd Blanche, is advocating for a delay. He's calling it, quote

a grave injustice to begin the trial then. And he says it is a completely different landscape for

President Trump since, of course, there have been additional indictments since this one came down

not only is he juggling these other criminal cases, but also a campaign. And you and I were

talking earlier. I had two questions, right? Will we get a date? Well, we have a date now. We'll see

if it sticks. And then how will Trump behave? And it was clear from his remarks that he's going to

turn this case into a campaign rally. He is going to cry election interference. And I expect that

we'll probably hear from him every day talking about how unfair this case is. And I will say

you know, Trump's team does not want to go to trial. Anyone who tells you differently is

not being honest with you. Sorry about that. But if they are going to go to trial in a criminal case

this is the one that they want because they believe that they can paint this as political

Now, there's no cameras in the courtroom. It's going to require him making remarks, but he owns properties here. He's going to be in New York. This is the case they believe is the

most impactful that they can paint as political. Well, I think one important part, though

is Trump did make a point outside of the courtroom