Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg rejected Donald Trump’s request that a judge delay the former president’s hush money trial in New York on the grounds that it had attracted too much publicity, according to a court filing made public Wednesday.

Prosecutors from Bragg’s office accused Trump of strategizing to indefinitely delay the trial, which is scheduled to begin with jury selection on April 15.

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