NEW YORK — Donald Trump faces a criminal trial in the Stormy Daniels hush money case on March 25, a judge ruled Thursday as he denied Trump’s motion to dismiss entirely the case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Trump appeared before Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan in his lower Manhattan courtroom at 9:30 a.m. for the first time since making history in the same courthouse last April as the first U.S. president to appear before a judge charged with a crime. Moments after he took the bench, Merchan denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case. The judge also firmly rejected effor…
