Former President Trump Faces Criminal Justice Trial for Alleged Payment to Stormy Daniels – Jury Selection to Begin Monday

Donald Trump will be the the first vice president in the history of the United States in the face of the criminal justicein a trial that begins this Monday in NY with the jury selection which will confirm what happened to him in the middle of the presidential election campaign in November.

The Republican is called before the judge of Colombian origin Juan Manuel Merchan, of the Manhattan Supreme Court, to answer for a payment of 130,000 dollars to the former porn actress Stormy Daniels to buy his silence about the extramarital affair and thus protect his 2016 campaignwhich he finally won against the Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The 77-year-old former tycoon is not accused of the payment himself, but that he has disguised as Trump Organization legal feesthe family business, which can lead to a a sentence of up to four years in prison.

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However, the A sentence would not be an obstacle for him to run in the presidential elections on November 5in which he will face the Democrats for the second time Joe Bidenwho defeated him in the elections four years ago.

He could also be president, although it would be an unprecedented situation.

“The stakes are high, because Trump and his lawyers have so far delayed the (other) trials,” he said. unprepared for efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and his management of classified documents he brought home when he left the White Househe told the group AFP Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond.

Stormy Daniels, the actress who allegedly received payments from Trump and could be sent to prison.

For now, this test that starts this Monday, the the weakest case of the various legal fields that Trump has openedaccording to experts, it seems that this is the only one that will be judged before the elections, despite the many attempts made by his lawyers to delay his identification.

On Saturday night, at a rally in Pennsylvania, Trump again announced that he had suffered from a legal and political persecution of the Democrats who want to prevent him from reaching the White House.

“Our enemies want to take away my freedom because I will never let them take yours away,” he told followers.

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What will the trial facing Trump look like?

Trump has promised to testify at the trial, which could last between six and eight weeks.

Manhattan court, in southern New York, is under the greatest caution. Demonstrations are expected from both fans and opponents of the former tycoon, as well as media from around the world.

Unlike other states, television cameras are not authorized in the courts of New York, so only the written media will report on the development of this trial, which is of great interest.

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The judging process begins with the a selection of the twelve who will be responsible for nominating the tycoon unanimously”guilty” or “not guilty“, a process that takes several days.

The twelve finalists and six alternates will be selected after answering a comprehensive questionnaire about their political sympathies and, above all, about their impartiality and ability to explain what happened to one of the most influential politicians in recent times, both in the United States and in the world.

The millionaire is accused 34 falsifications of accounting documents from the Trump Organization to Disguised payments given to Stormy Daniels as “legal fees”which was taken out of his pocket by Trump’s then-lawyer and confidante, Michael Cohen, who is now a sworn enemy and will be one of the the main prosecution witnesses.

The trial must show how much Trump knew about these payments, for which Cohen has already been convicted.

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