In a recent development, legal experts have stated that former President Donald Trump's bid to postpone the start of his falsifying business records trial in New York is likely to be unsuccessful. Trump's legal team filed a motion to Judge Juan Merchan, urging that the trial be delayed until a decision from the Supreme Court regarding the dismissal of criminal cases against him during his time in office. However, experts believe that this attempt to delay proceedings will not be granted.

The trial revolves around 34 charges against Trump, to which he has pleaded not guilty. He is accused of instructing his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay $130,000 to an adult film star in order to keep their alleged affair secret prior to the 2016 election. This payment was listed as "legal fees" in official records. Trump's defense team is not arguing for the case to be thrown out on grounds of presidential immunity but is instead seeking a delay until the Supreme Court rules on the immunity issue.

One of the key pieces of evidence in the trial is a series of tweets that Trump posted about Cohen in 2018, which his legal team is seeking to have excluded if the Supreme Court rules in Trump's favor. The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Trump's ability to claim absolute immunity to dismiss a separate obstruction case related to the 2020 election.

Kristy Greenberg, a former federal prosecutor, expressed her belief that Trump's efforts to delay the trial would be unsuccessful. She highlighted that similar claims made by Trump's legal team were already rejected by a judge last year. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled that the falsifying business trial was a "purely personal item" for the former president and that the payment made to the adult film star was not related to his official acts as president.

Despite not ruling on the request to delay the trial, Judge Merchan is unlikely to grant it. He expressed his frustration at Trump's legal team filing the motion just two and a half weeks before jury selection is set to begin on March 25. Moving forward, he has requested that both parties seek permission before filing any further pretrial motions and limit these requests to no longer than a single page.

At present, Trump's legal team has not responded to requests for comment on the matter. It remains to be seen how the trial will proceed and whether the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity will have any impact on the case.