Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York over alleged campaign payments to a porn actress will begin on Monday and is expected to be the only of several cases involving the former president that will begin before the election.
Jury selection in New York will mark the start of the first criminal trial of a former North American president. Trump faces four possible lawsuits as he campaigns to return to the White House in November’s election, in which he is expected to be the Republican nominee.
Meanwhile, Manhattan prosecutors are charging the former president with 34 crimes related to the $130,000 (€121,000) he paid porn actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign to cover up an alleged extramarital affair, payments that Trump disguised. with the cooperation of then-attorney Michael Cohen.
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