A judge in Manhattan on Tuesday set a March 25, 2024, start date for former President Donald Trump's criminal trial for allegedly falsifying business records to help his 2016 presidential campaign. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan told Trump and his lawyer Todd Blanche during a 15-minute virtual hearing that the trial date won't be moved and that if Trump shares non-public evidence from the trial, including on social media, in violation of Merchan's protective order, he could face sanctions "up to a finding of contempt, which is punishable."
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