Trump Judge Says Prosecutors Cannot Show ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape to Jury

Judge Juan Merchan issued the ruling on Monday.
Trump Judge Says Prosecutors Cannot Show ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape to Jury
Judge Juan M. Merchan poses in his chambers in New York on March 14, 2024. Seth Wenig/AP Photo
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The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s “hush-money” trial in Manhattan affirmed Monday that he will not allow the playing of an “Access Hollywood” tape featuring the former president, and he denied prosecutors’ requests to enter other allegations of sexual assault into the evidence.

In denying a prosecutor’s request to bring into evidence allegations of assault against President Trump that emerged after the release of an “Access Hollywood” tape in 2016, Judge Juan Merchan described them as rumors.

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