Yes, he could.
But Trump decided that he would delay the trial.
Too bad.
Again, it's Trump own fault.
That's right, and all Trump had to do is, expose them.
Instead, Trump decided to delay the trial.
Most innocent people like Trump, would welcome a trial, to prove it.
Only for republicans, they love corruption and criminals.
"Bragg is charging that Cohen’s payoffs to Daniels, allegedly on Trump’s behalf, violated
election laws".
AND?????????????
"Moreover, consider the implications of treating hush money payments — which are
not illegal — as campaign expenditures that have to be reported in campaign finance filings. If a disgruntled lover threatens to disclose past intimacies, a candidate would open the door to the former lover going public by not making hush money payments. But if the candidate pays the hush money, the payments would then need to be included in the candidate’s financial reports, which are public records".
Which Trump didn't include them as such, he lied and Cohen has the receipts.
Trump could have done the right thing, like most do and paid Stormy with his own $$$, but Trump is greedy and of course, used other people's $$$.