Historic Trump criminal trial to hear opening statements

Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial in his hush-money case starts in earnest Monday morning with opening statements that mark a momentous day in US history.Trump is the first American president, former or sitting, to face a criminal trial and the proceedings also play out against a 2024 presidential race in which Trump is almost certain to be the Republican nominee to face Joe Biden.A jury of seven men and five women will weigh whether Trump’s alleged efforts to conceal damaging information about extramarital sex, to protect his bid in the 2016 election, were illicit. Trump was…

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