Justice Merchan Denies Trump Request for Sanctions Against Prosecutors

A New York judge on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump’s request to sanction prosecutors over a last-minute evidence dump in a case charging him with 34 counts of falsifying business records.

President Trump’s attorneys have previously filed a motion for discovery sanctions and adjournment of trial after the prosecutors handed over 100,000 pages of documents just weeks before the trial.

The former president’s lawyers argued that the prosecutors were engaged in “widespread misconduct including the suppression of evidence to obstruct the Defendant’s efforts to obtain said evidence, to interfere in the 2024 Presidential Election, and the improper invoking of Federal law and Federal immunities and work product privileges.”

The defense had also requested to delay the trial for 90 days, after which the prosecution offered a 30-day delay for the defense to review the documents. The documents were provided by U.S. attorneys in the Southern District of New York.

A hearing was held on March 25 for the court to hear from both sides and assess “who, if anyone, is at fault for the late production of the documents,” whether it hurt either side, and whether any sanctions are warranted.

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