US EditionTrump conspired to ‘corrupt the 2016 election,’ prosecutor says in opening statement at hush money trial
- The trial of Donald Trump for hush money began with prosecutors identifying Michael Cohen and David Pecker's roles in the case.
- David Pecker, former CEO of National Enquirer publisher American Media, is set to testify, focusing on warnings about Stormy Daniels' claims and Trump's involvement.
- Trump faces numerous charges related to concealing payments made to Stormy Daniels through Cohen.
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‘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…
On Monday, April 22, on the first day of the former US President’s trial in Stormy Daniels, the prosecutor’s office ruled that payments made to former actress X shortly before the vote were intended not to undermine an adventure that could have harmed the candidate.
Trump case painted as 2016 election criminal conspiracy in opening statements
NEW YORK — An alleged conspiracy to launch Donald Trump to the White House in 2016, with top allies pulling the strings to get him there: That’s the case against Trump that prosecutors said Monday they intend to present to a jury of New Yorkers, who will decide whether to make the former president a […]
Trump on Trial: Prosecutors call hush money ‘a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election’
Former president Donald Trump’s first criminal trial got going in earnest today with opening statements from prosecutors and defenseSign up for Trump on Trial: a free newsletter on all the latest court developmentsYou’re reading Guardian US’s free Trump on Trial newsletter. To get the latest court developments delivered to your inbox, sign up here Continue reading...
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