A New York judge says former President Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting on March 25. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan said Thursday that he made the decision after speaking with the judge in Trump’s now-delayed federal election interference case in the nation's capital. That puts the trial's start date just 39 days away. Donald Trump made an in-person appearance at the hearing, arriving at the New York courthouse shortly before it began. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/donald-trump-new-york-hush-money-criminal-trial-hearing/507-6c822829-ef61-489f-ba0e-86c4ee507d85