The judge in former President Trump's criminal hush money case in New York City says Trump's trial will proceed on March 25 as planned.

The criminal trial is currently scheduled to start on March 25.

The judge in former President Trump’s criminal hush money case in New York City says Trump’s trial will proceed on March 25 as planned.

In the case’s final hearing before the trial gets underway, Judge Juan Merchan began the proceedings Thursday by denying Trump’s motion to dismiss the case, saying the trial would begin March 25 with jury selection.

With Trump in the courtroom, his attorney Todd Blanche responded by arguing for a delay, saying Merchan was putting the former president “in an impossible position” by scheduling a trial in the midst of a series of “compressed and expedited schedules” elsewhere in the country, citing Trump’s criminal cases in Washington, Georgia and Florida.

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    “We strenuously object to what is happening in this courtroom,” he told the judge. “That President Trump is now going to spend the next two months working on this trial instead of” being out there campaigning for president “is something that shouldn’t happen in this country.”

    “What is your legal argument?” Judge Marchan asked.

    “That is my legal argument,” Blanche replied.

    “That’s not a legal argument,” Merchan said. “See you all on March 25.”

    Ice cold.