The Manhattan district attorney’s office said it is open to a 30-day delay in Donald Trump’s landmark criminal trial, set to begin in late March in New York, over hidden payments to an adult film actress, according to a released court document. on Thursday, according to AFP.

The prosecution said it was “preparing for trial on March 25” but “would not mind a delay of up to 30 days to allow the defense to review” new documents filed in the trial, the Manhattan DA’s office said. Alvin Bragg, writes Agerpres.

The development came as Donald Trump’s lawyers also asked for a delay in that trial to await a ruling by the United States Supreme Court in Washington on his presidential immunity.

The Republican presidential nominee in November is scheduled to go on trial in New York on March 25 in connection with a 2016 hush-hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Prosecutor Bragg is prosecuting him on 34 counts of accounting fraud, which carries a four-year prison sentence if the former White House leader is convicted.

Donald Trump, who has pleaded not guilty, is accused of falsifying the accounts of his Trump Organization real estate empire to hide $130,000 in payments to Stormy Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, just before the November 2016 presidential election.

According to the indictment, she had to keep quiet about the alleged sexual relationship in 2006, when he was already married to Melania Trump.

Donald Trump denies any relationship with the former actress.