Donald Trump on Monday asked a justice in New York to postpone the historic criminal trial should start on March 25 at least one month in a case involving a payment made in 2016 to buy the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels, AFP and News.ro reported.

The lawyers of the ex-president of the USA refer to the argument about his criminal immunity, which will be considered by the Federal Supreme Court in Washington on April 25.

According to a March 7 court filing released Monday by the New York State Supreme Court (Trial Court, editor’s note) for the Manhattan jurisdiction, that “court should stay the case pending Supreme Court review of the scope of the doctrine of presidential immunity.”

On March 6, the highest jurisdiction of the United States scheduled for April 25 a debate of nine supreme justices on the criminal immunity invoked by Donald Trump as a former president (2017-2021), after an appeal on February 28 in this extremely sensitive case. number, eight months before the presidential elections.

Facing four criminal charges, Trump has already secured a reprieve in federal court

Faced with four criminal charges, the 77-year-old Republican candidate is trying to multiply his appeals to delay the trials until as late as possible after the Nov. 5 presidential election.

On March 25 in New York, Donald Trump is to appear in criminal proceedings – the first time for a former American president – in the case of payments to former porn actress Stormy Daniels.

New York’s Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged him with 34 counts of accounting fraud, which could carry up to four years in prison if the former White House resident is convicted.

Justice could also assign him an alternative punishment, instead of sending him to prison.

Donald Trump, who has pleaded not guilty, is accused of falsifying accounting documents to hide a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, before the 2016 election.

According to the indictment, she had to remain silent about the alleged sexual relationship in 2008, when the billionaire was married to Melania Trump.

Donald Trump denies any relationship with Stephanie Clifford.

Donald Trump was indicted in the case last April, becoming the first sitting or former president to face criminal charges.

He managed to get the federal criminal trial in Washington, which was supposed to begin on March 4, to be postponed for “conspiracy against the American state”, which consists of illegal attempts on January 6, 2021 to cancel the results of the November 2020 Election, which was won by Joe Biden.

This procedure is suspended until the issue of presidential immunity is resolved by the Supreme Court.