Trump will sit in the dock for irregular payments of $130,000 to porn actress Stormy Daniels to buy her silence during the 2016 election campaign and to keep an extramarital relationship that the magnate had with her from being revealed. He faces four years in prison.
The trial against Donald Trump, the first criminal trial in the history of the United States against a former president (2017-2021) and Republican candidate for the White House, begins this Monday with the selection of the jury, a moment that in other processes is a mere procedure but in this case it already has a political charge. This is the first trial of the four pending cases.
Trump will sit in the dock for irregular payments of $130,000 to porn actress Stormy Daniels to buy her silence during the 2016 election campaign and to prevent an extramarital relationship that the magnate had with her in 2006 from being aired, when there was no still entered politics. For this, he faces four years in prison.
The twelve members of the jury, as is usual in any judicial process, must demonstrate that they literally have no prejudices about the accused or preconceived ideas that could cloud their verdict, something difficult with a personality as divisive as Donald Trump.
Jury selection can take up to two weeks, in which potential members must pass the scrutiny of the defense and the Prosecutor’s Office, which will investigate, for example, whether any of them have participated as volunteers in campaigns for or against Trump. but also for more difficult to gauge issues such as whether his feelings towards the accused can influence his decisions.
Source: Eitb
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