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Donald Trump will, in three weeks, become the first former US president to face a criminal trial, a judge ruled Monday, hours after an appeals court threw the tycoon a lifeline in his bid to stave off an unrelated half-billion dollar civil fraud judgment, reducing it to a mere $175 million and giving him 10 more days. 

周一，一名法官裁定，唐纳德·特朗普将在三周内成为首位面临刑事审判的前美国总统。几个小时前，上诉法院为这位大亨提供了一条救命稻草，以阻止一项无关的5亿美元民事欺诈判决，将判决金额降至仅1.75亿美元，并给他10天的宽限期。

New York Judge Wan Merchan rejected demands from Trump's attorneys to further delay his trial on charges of paying hush money to a porn star and ordered jury selection to begin on April 15th. The Republican presidential candidate denounced the upcoming trial and other cases brought against him as election interference by Democrat Joe Biden, his likely opponent in the November White House vote.

纽约法官万·默坎拒绝了特朗普律师提出的进一步推迟审判的要求，该审判因指控向色情明星支付封口费而进行，并下令陪审团选拔于4月15日开始。这位共和党总统候选人谴责即将进行的审判和其他针对他的案件，称民主党人乔·拜登干涉了选举，拜登是他在11月白宫选举中可能的对手。

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