alleged hush money payments tied to his first presidential run. we now have a trial date said because in the last hour the judge rejected trump s this motion to delay or dismiss that case jury selection now set to start on april 15. now, trump did get a win today in his separate civil fraud case. he was on the hook hey, roughly a half billion dollars in bond money today or face the potential seizure of his assets. but the appeals court trimmed the bill by more than half and now stands out the 100 million. and it gave him ten additional days to come up with that money. let s start first with the hush money case that s the criminal case. cnn s kaitlan collins, paula reid, and kara scannell are outside the courthouse and kaitlyn, just a reminder of how we got here today was supposed to be the first day of this trial yeah it was and now they have just confirmed the judge inside that courtroom that this trial will now begin in three weeks, and trump s attorneys had walked
judge was definitive. this will be the first criminal trial of a former playing before a jury. the jury selection began april 15th everyone was in court today because trump had made claims that the manhattan district attorney s office prosecutors had obstructed their ability to get information from federal prosecutors who in 2018 prosecuted michael cohen, the judge went back and forth peppering both sides was questions. but finally saying he didn t even know why we were here saying to trump s attorneys, you are literally accusing the manhattan da his office, and the people assigned to this case, a prosecutorial misconduct and of trying to make me complicit in it, and you don t have a single site to support that position, saying that trump s team had written was reading the facts differently than the judge saying that this was a pattern that he d noticed. and so after the judge took a 45-minute break in a surprise highs ruling from the bench. he said that there was no evidence
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leaders condemned the death of a man who knew he was risking his life for the sake of his country donald trump apparently just couldn t resist making it all about. well, you know who sharing an article on his social media comparing himself to navalny. and going on a rant claiming that navalny s death made him quote aware of what is happening in our country, unquote, to take a look at a couple of key their word that may tell you what s really getting underneath donald trump s skin. judges, grossly unfair courtroom decisions. could that possibly have anything do with a 35 creativity 5 fine that he was hit with the new york fraud case combined with the $83 million judgment against him for defaming e. jean carroll only in trump world could the former president doesn t make navalny s death about him. i am talking in the perfect person to weigh in on navalny and what it s like to speak truth to power or speak the truth about power as well. i want to bring an nba p
cnn breaking news and welcome to a special edition of cnn news central. i m john berman new york, kate and sara are out this morning events in two courtrooms, in two states that could have a huge impact on the legal peril facing donald trump when and if he will go to trial at all in where he might go to trial first and i m kaitlan collins outside of the courthouse in new york or while trump is expected to arrive soon on his way from trump tower here in new york, also where he will learn whether he will face his first criminal trial while seeking the gop nomination. and ultimately a return to the white house. if the judge here rejects trump s longshot requests to dismiss this hush money case. he is expected to set a firm date eight for the trial, which could be as soon as next month, march 25th, 34 criminal charges against trump or what s at stake? and i m laura coates and atlanta live outside the fulton county courthouse where trump and he has remaining 14 co-defendan