Trump hush money trial will begin April 15

State of play: The trial, originally scheduled to begin on Monday, was delayed earlier this month until mid-April after federal prosecutors produced more than 100,000 documents that could be related to the case.

• Judge Juan Merchan weighed during a hearing on Monday, with Trump present, whether to keep April 15 as the trial's tentative start date or push the proceeding back further.
• Federal prosecutors turned over the documents after an investigation into Michael Cohen, Trump's former fixer.

Zoom in: Trump, who has repeatedly sought to delay his legal troubles for as long as possible, requested that his New York criminal trial be delayed at least 90 days or dismissed completely.

• Trump during a news conference on Monday criticized the judge's decision to keep the hearing on track for a mid-April start, saying "I don't know how you can have the trial that's going on right in the middle of an election."
• "It's not fair," he said.

Catch up quick: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg last week urged Merchan to not delay the case any further, calling Trump's request a "strategic delay."

• Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree in the case, which stems from a 2016 payment he allegedly made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
• He has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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Editor's note: This story was updated with details from the hearing and comments from Trump.