A $130,000 'hush money' payment was paid by Trump's fixer, Michael Cohen, to Stormy Daniels in 2016.
He waved to reporters as he left Trump Tower this morning Former President Donald Trump has arrived for the first day of his ‘unprecedented’ criminal trial in New York. Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal payout – marking the first criminal trial against a former or serving US president. Alex Keyssar, a professor of history and public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, told BBC: ‘It’s unprecedented.
The remaining candidates will answer 42 compiled questions including: What media outlets they follow If they are supporters of the pro-Trump QAnon movement If they are supporters of the far-left antifascist group Antifa If they have read Mr Cohen’s books The case involves a payout to Stormy Daniels Stormy Daniels went to court in 2018 The jury selection alone could last more than two weeks, meaning the trial could stretch into June.
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