Trump criminal trial will start Monday after judge rejects latest delay effort

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

35% : Trump will stand trial on charges that he falsified business records to cover up hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
28% : Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought the case against Trump last year, claiming that the former president directed his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen to dole out the payments to suppress negative press during his 2016 presidential campaign.
25% : In March, Trump moved to have the proceedings indefinitely adjourned due to "prejudicial pretrial publicity," claiming that the juror pool in Manhattan has been "bombarded" with negative media coverage of Trump which tainted his odds at a fair trial.
23% : "MANHATTAN (CN) -- A New York judge on Friday shot down another attempt from Donald Trump to delay his upcoming hush-money trial on the eve of jury selection.
20% : Merchan agreed, scolding Trump for making an accusation that "does not attribute a source nor is it accompanied by any corroboration.
20% : Trial was supposed to begin March 25, but Trump accused prosecutors of violating rules of discovery -- claims Merchan later ruled to be baseless -- pushing back the start date to April 15.
18% : The judge expressed concern over Trump making "serious allegations and representations that have no apparent basis in fact.
18% : "In his motion, Trump referenced a survey conducted by his legal team which found that 61% of respondents in Manhattan already believe him to be guilty.
15% : In a four-page decision, Merchan ruled that Trump's request for an indefinite adjournment is "not tenable," adding that Trump himself is to blame for much of the pretrial publicity he claims to loathe.
14% : Trump claimed that Weisselberg's plea stirred up more negative press in the lead-up to his criminal trial.
11% : "Trump also claimed Manhattan prosecutors "coerced" a guilty plea out of former Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg, who admitted last month to perjuring himself in Trump's civil fraud case.

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