Judge delays Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial for 30 days

Former US president Donald Trump leaving a Manhattan criminal court in February.

A judge on Friday delayed former US president Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial until at least mid-April after his lawyers said they needed more time to sift through evidence they only recently obtained.

Judge Juan Manuel Merchan agreed to a 30-day postponement and scheduled a hearing for March 25 to address questions about the evidence dump.