“This case involves a criminal conspiracy and cover-up,” said Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo. – He conducted a criminal scheme aimed at influencing the 2016 presidential elections.”
During prosecutors’ presentation to jurors, Mr. Colangelo said Mr. Trump falsified business documents to buy the silence of pornographic actress Stormy Daniels about the 2006 scandal. sexual contact that may have affected his presidential ambitions. “Quite simply, this was election fraud,” said the assistant district attorney.
The case poses significant risks for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Trump. It comes less than seven months before a re-election showdown with Democratic President Joe Biden in November.
Prosecution witnesses are expected to include Daniels and former Trump confidant Michael Cohen, who arranged the alleged payment to the pornographic actress.
“President Trump has committed no crime,” Todd Blanche, one of his lawyers, said earlier in an opening statement. “There’s nothing wrong with influencing elections, that’s called democracy.”
Former National Enquirer tabloid publisher David Pecker was the first witness called by prosecutors. Prosecutors believe it was used to suppress negative reporting about Trump. He was only on the stand for a short time – Judge Juan Merchan adjourned the hearing, which will continue on Tuesday.
D. Trump denies his guilt. At worst, he faces several years in prison, but it could be suspended.
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