It comes as a separate court agreed to hold off collection of his $454m civil fraud judgement if he puts up $175m within 10 days.
Donald Trump is set to stand trial in his hush-money case on 15 April – marking the first of four criminal cases against the former president to reach trial.
A New York judge ruled today that the former president will face charges next month related to payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, meant to cover up claims of marital infidelity.
Trump stands accused of criminally altering business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to Ms Daniels shortly before the 2016 election.
Trump’s lawyers say the payment was meant to spare himself and his family embarrassment, not to help him win the election.
Judge Juan Merchan also rejected claims of prosecutorial misconduct made by the defence during the hearing.
If the date holds, it marks the first of four criminal cases against Trump to reach trial as he mounts his campaign for US president as the presumptive Republican nominee.
Outside the courtroom, Trump complained about the ruling, characterising the case as an act of “election interference”.
He accused Biden of waging a legal witch hunt against him and accused the judge of corruption without providing evidence of either.
The former president also claimed the case could bolster his campaign, saying: “It can make me more popular because the people know it’s a scam.”
Trump has claimed he should not have to stand trial during the campaign, and his lawyers have filed a blizzard of motions to delay or derail the cases.
As it stands now, only the New York case is guaranteed to go to trial before November.
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-hush-money-trial-to-start-15-april-13101819