Former President Donald Trump was in a New York courtroom Thursday, attending a hearing in the hush money criminal case against him.
A judge denied Trump's motion to dismiss the case, confirming that a trial will begin with jury selection on March 25.
Trump was charged last year with falsifying business records to commit or conceal another crime. It was the first time in history that a current or former US president had been criminally charged.
Prosecutors allege that the former president engaged in a cover-up scheme to hide reimbursement payments made to his former attorney, Michael Cohen, who had paid hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels to stop her from going public about a past affair with Trump before the 2016 presidential election. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 charges and denied the affair.
Trump, the Republican front-runner in the 2024 presidential race, is now facing four criminal cases. He has pleaded not guilty in all of them and accused Democrats of targeting him politically.