How a trial works: Trump’s first criminal case is in court
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Former president Donald Trump’s legal team has used various defences for — and attempts to delay — his hush money case in which he is accused of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
This is developing news. Check back for updates. Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the New York hush money trial of Donald Trump are set Monday to deliver opening statements and start calling witnesses to testify. The prosecution is expected to call David Pecker, the former CEO of National Enquirer publisher American Media, as its first witness, a source with direct knowledge told NBC News. Pecker was deeply involved in alleged efforts ahead of the 2016 presidenti
David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer, is expected to be called as the first witness in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Monday, according to The New York Times.
A full jury has been sworn in to hear evidence and decide the guilt or innocence of former President Donald Trump in his hush money trial.
On Monday 15 April, Donald Trump made history as the first current or former president ever to be criminally prosecuted in America, as he went on trial in Manhattan on charges of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments made to an adult film star before the 2016 presidential election.
A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial, propelling the proceedings closer to opening statements and the start of weeks of dramatic testimony.
One of the top priorities for both sides in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial will be to root out potential “stealth jurors” – those who claim to be impartial but who have hidden theirbiases to get on a jury and possibly derail a trial.