Donald Trump, former president of the United States, announced that will move part of his presidential campaign to New York before facing a criminal trial on charges of falsifying business documents.
According to reports from Axios, cited by the Efe news agency, the former Republican president would plan attend the trial four days a week and take advantage of Thursdays and weekends to hold campaign events.
This criminal trial, unprecedented for a former American president, is scheduled to last between six and eight weeks. Intense media attention is expected to be around the Manhattan Criminal Court and Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, where Trump will remain during the judicial process.
Trump has expressed displeasure with the trial and calls it a scam and a trap. He also accuses Joe Biden’s administration of electoral interference.
Although the businessman is expected to testify at trial, experts consider it unlikely that he will do so under oath, notes EFE.
New York prosecutors allege that Donald Trump intentionally withheld business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels, with whom he allegedly had a love affair.
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and former White House aide Hope Hicks are scheduled to be key witnesses in the trial.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday and could last up to two weeks.
The Republican candidate for the November presidential election commented that the selection of the 12 jurors, to a large extent, is luck. Although the candidates will not be questioned about their political affiliations, but about their sources of information and possible links with the former president.
Joe Biden almost catches Donald Trump, according to poll
Joe Biden y Donald Trump They are in a virtual tie in the presidential race, with the former president leading with 46% compared to the current president’s 45%, according to a survey published by The New York Times and Siena this Saturday.
This poll reflects an improvement for Biden since late February, when Trump maintained a stronger 48% to 43% lead over the Democrat, the news agency published.
The adjusted results suggest that the November presidential elections could be highly disputed, similar to past elections.
The study, conducted between April 7 and 11 among 1,059 registered American voters, has a margin of error of about 3.3 percentage points.
Although the survey did not inquire about other possible candidates, about 5% voluntarily mentioned other applicants, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Democrat-turned-independent and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy.
Biden’s advance is attributed to his consolidation among traditional Democratic voters, winning a larger share of voters who backed him in 2020 compared to the previous month.
The release of this survey coincides with the impending criminal trial of Donald Trump on charges of falsifying business documents.
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2024-04-13 22:06:02
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