3 weeks ago
Live Trump proceedings unrecorded updates: Prosecutors to make opening statements successful hush money case
The first of Donald Trump’s 4 criminal tests is underway successful New York connected April 15. Here is simply a look astatine immoderate of nan cardinal figures successful nan case. (AP Video: Ted Shaffrey)
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]
Opening statements successful Donald Trump‘s hush money proceedings are group to statesman successful a New York tribunal connected Monday. For nan first clip successful history, prosecutors will coming a criminal lawsuit against a erstwhile American president to a jury, accusing Trump of a strategy to forestall damaging stories astir his individual life from becoming public.
Prosecutors to make history pinch today’s opening statements
By MICHAEL SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER, JAKE OFFENHARTZ
FILE - Former President Donald Trump waits nan commencement of proceedings connected nan 2nd time of assemblage action astatine Manhattan criminal court, April 16, 2024, successful New York. (Curtis Means/DailyMail.com via AP, Pool)
For nan first clip successful history, prosecutors will coming a criminal lawsuit against a erstwhile American president to a assemblage arsenic they impeach Donald Trump of a hush money scheme aimed astatine preventing damaging stories astir his individual life from becoming public.
A 12-person assemblage successful Manhattan is group to perceive opening statements coming from prosecutors and defense lawyers successful nan first of four criminal cases against nan presumptive Republican nominee to scope trial.
The statements are expected to springiness jurors and nan voting nationalist nan clearest position yet of nan allegations astatine nan bosom of nan case, arsenic good arsenic penetration into Trump’s expected defense.
Court is scheduled to beryllium backmost successful convention astatine 9:30 a.m. ET.
