FILE - Former President Donald Trump waits for the start of proceedings in Manhattan criminal court, April 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool, File)

FILE - Judge Juan M. Merchan sits for a portrait in his chambers in New York, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE — Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building in New York, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE — Adult film actress Stormy Daniels attends the opening of the adult entertainment fair "Venus," in Berlin, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)