NEW YORK — The judge in Donald Trump’s Stormy Daniels hush money case on Thursday confirmed a trial date for next month and denied Trump’s attempt to dismiss the case entirely. The former president made his return to the lower Manhattan courtroom for the first time since making history there last April as the first U.S. president to appear before a judge charged with a crime. He strolled into Manhattan Criminal Court at around 9:30 a.m. for the hearing, which lasted around an hour and a half. As he entered the courtroom Trump did not look at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who has cha…
