Trump conspired to ‘corrupt the 2016 election,’ prosecutor says in opening statement at hush money trial

On first day of Trump hush money trial, prosecutors say he corrupted 2016 election

New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defense lawyer said he committed no crime.

‘It was election fraud, pure and simple’: Donald Trump’s hush money trial opens in New York

Donald Trump “orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to corrupt” the 2016 election through a string of hush-money payments, prosecutors said as he became the first former president to face a criminal trial.

"It Was Election Fraud": Trump Accused Of Paying Hush Money To Porn Star

Prosecutors launched the hush-money trial of Donald Trump by revealing new details Monday about how they seek to prove the former president corrupted the 2016 election to bury a sex scandal, while a defence lawyer countered the payment was meant only to protect his reputation. The trial in lower Manhattan, the first of a former president, involves 34 felony counts alleging Trump falsified business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to porn s…

Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

A prosecutor told jurors that Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. The statement came Monday at the start of the former president’s historic hush money…

'Election fraud, pure and simple': Prosecutors lay out case against Trump in hush-money trial

Opening statements began today in the first ever criminal trial of a former US president.