Former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) will move part of his presidential campaign this weekend to New York, where on Monday he will face a criminal trial on charges of falsifying business documents to help cover up an affair with a woman. porn actress, according to Axios.
Trump is expected to attend the trial four days a week and use Thursdays and weekends – days when there will be no trial – for campaign events.
The criminal trial, the first faced by a former president in US history, could last between six and eight weeks.
More security and a lot of expectation
Around Manhattan Criminal Court and Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, where Trump will remain during the trial, the NYPD will close off areas, increase security cameras and monitor social media to try to detect any threats, according to CNN.
Due to New York rules, the trial is not expected to be televised, but there will be great media expectation that will “camp out” both in front of Trump Tower and near the Manhattan Criminal Court.
According to Axios, his campaign will make comments to the media about the election while Trump is in court.
Will Trump testify?
Yesterday, at a press conference in Florida, Trump said he will testify at the trial, a process he described as a “scam” and “trap.”
“It is electoral interference by the Biden Administration,” he told the press and once again denied the accusation and repeated that it is a political witch hunt.
If Trump took the stand it would be another historic moment, however, according to experts, this is unlikely to happen, since Trump would have to answer a series of questions under oath.
New York prosecutors say the former president intentionally withheld business records to cover up a $130,000 payment that Michael Cohen, Trump’s lawyer and right-hand man, made to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the months before Trump was elected president. in 2016.
Cohen, who is expected to be a key witness for the prosecution, said he made the payment at Trump’s direction.
Trump’s former White House aide Hope Hicks is also expected to take the stand.
Jury selection
Jury selection by prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers begins on Monday, a process that could last up to two weeks.
Trump noted yesterday that the selection of the twelve jurors “is largely luck.”
Jury candidates will not be asked about their political affiliations, but they will be asked about what media they use to get information, whether they worked for Trump or attended one of his rallies, for example. EFE
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