Will Trump’s hush money trial be televised?
Donald Trump is to make make history when he becomes the first American president to face a criminal trial – as his “hush money case” comes to court.
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Donald Trump is to make make history when he becomes the first American president to face a criminal trial – as his “hush money case” comes to court.
Donald Trump will become the first American president to face a criminal trial when the New York “hush money” case against him finally begins on Monday.
On 30 March 2023, the streets surrounding Manhattan Criminal Court in downtown New York were lined with media, protesters, bystanders and police officers in awe of a historic moment many thought would never happen: the criminal indictment of New Yorker and former president Donald Trump.
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump has arrived at Manhattan's criminal court for the first day of his New York criminal trial.
The People of the State of New York v Donald J Trump will conclude, according to long-established court procedure. The former US president’s defense attorney will make a closing argument. He will assert that his client is not guilty of the charges of bribery and business fraud to manipulate the 2016 election. Judge Juan Merchan will issue his instructions to the jurors. They will deliberate. When they emerge, the foreperson will read the verdict in open court. If Trump is found guilty, Merchan will adjourn to a later date for sentencing.
The hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to kick off Monday in New York with jury selection, the first time a former U.S. president has ever faced a criminal trial. Trump's lawyers last week repeatedly sought to delay Monday's start date with last-ditch efforts in an appeals court, but those efforts all failed. In all, defense attorneys tried about a dozen times to dismiss or delay the trial, but only succeeded in pushing it back by a few weeks. Trump, who is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is charged with nearly three dozen counts of falsifying business records in Manhattan Supreme Court, where he will be required to be in the courtroom every day for the trial. It is expected to last about six weeks or more.
Special counsel Jack Smith urged the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case to reject any further efforts to delay his trial.
The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman and CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig talked about how tensions could surface between Donald Trump and his defense team during the former president’s upcoming criminal hush money trial, which is set to begin Monday.