The trial in New York against former US President Donald Trump (2017-2021), accused of falsifying documents to buy the silence of a porn actor and thereby protect her career for the 2016 White House, This Monday into the stage of presenting the original arguments.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Trump, 77, who is trying to return to the White House in the elections next November, participated in a plan with his lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen and others to influence influence the 2016 elections by eliminating negative information.
This plan included an alleged payment of $130,000 to silence former porn star Stormy Daniels. and that it did not interfere with Trump’s relationship with her at a time when his wife, Melania, was pregnant.
On Monday of last week, the process began and therefore Trump was the first president of the United States to go through a criminal trial.
What happened to the jury?
The jury selection process ended last Friday after the 6 alternate members were appointed, who They were chosen from a total of 22 candidates and thus join the 12 starters, 7 men and 5 women, who have already been chosen.
Among the elected members is a woman of Spanish origin who passed the suitability filters applied by Judge Juan Merchán, who was in charge of the case; The Prosecutor’s Office and the former governor’s defense lawyers.
But, A number of candidates were abandoned after they said they suffered from anxiety or “doubt” at the prospect of being part of the jury.
A hearing was also held Friday in which prosecutors confirmed that if Trump takes the stand in this criminal trial, he will also be asked about his other legal battles, including two high-profile civil sentences. image for which he was convicted in New York.
They also asked Judge Merchán for permission to question the former president about sexual assaults made against other women. a matter that the magistrate could rule on this coming Monday.
What could happen?
Trump appeared on April 4, 2023 before a New York court judge in Manhattan, heard about the charges against him and pleaded not guilty.
He is charged with 34 felonies related to his attempt to silence Daniels.who in 2016 was trying to sell his story about his sexual relationship with the former president ten years earlier.
Each crime could give Trump a prison sentence of up to 4 years.
The defense is expected to attack the credibility of prosecution witnesses, particularly Michael Cohen, a right-hand man at the time of Trump, who made the payment to Daniels and pleaded guilty in 2018 for violating campaign finance and other federal laws.
This week Merchán expressed concern about the safety of the jury and said it would prevent journalists from revealing any information about its members’ current and past work history, as well as revealing physical characteristics that make them identifiable .
How many lawsuits does Trump face?
The Manhattan case is the first of the four criminal cases facing Trump to go to trial and is also the most personal and This is probably the only one that will be held before the presidential elections next November.
In addition to this process in New York, Trump will also have to answer in courts in Georgia and Washington DC for his efforts to change the results of the 2020 presidential election that he lost against the Democrat Joe Biden back.
And in Florida, for the charge of illegally removing and keeping classified documents in his Mar-a-Lago mansion that he removed from the White House after taking power to leave
With information from EFE.
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2024-04-22 00:29:00
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