The Latest | Trump set to return to court for opening statements in his historic hush money trial
Opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial are set to begin
By AP News
Published - Apr 22, 2024, 06:20 AM ET
Last Updated - Apr 22, 2024, 06:20 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial are set to begin Monday morning, setting the stage for weeks of unsavory and salacious testimony about the former president's personal life and placing his legal troubles at the center of his closely contested campaign against President Joe Biden.
Trump is accused of falsifying internal business records as part of an alleged scheme to bury stories that he thought might hurt his presidential campaign in 2016.
At the heart of the allegations is a $130,000 payment made to porn actor Stormy Daniels by Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer, to prevent her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump from surfacing in the final days of the race.
