Live coverage: Trump's first criminal trial starts with opening statements

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Monday April 22, 2024 · 6:30 AM PDT

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Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings during jury selection at Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, April 18, 2024 in New York. (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)

On Monday, the first criminal trial of Donald Trump will start with opening statements, and there is the possibility that one or more witnesses will testify. CNN is reporting that the first witness could be National Enquirer publisher David Pecker.

The prosecution will be up first and is expected to describe how Trump orchestrated a scheme to suppress stories involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels just weeks before the 2016 election, at a time when the release of the “Access Hollywood” recording had already damaged his campaign.

Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, and the prosecution is expected argue that Trump illegally covered up a scandal that could have altered the outcome of the 2016 election.

Trump’s defense team is likely to focus on Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, painting him as the real source of any illegal acts. Trump’s attorneys may also follow the tactic Trump has taken in social media by describing the entire case as politically motivated.

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Monday April 22, 2024 · 5:59 AM PDT

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Friday April 19, 2024 · 5:59 AM PDT

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Thursday April 18, 2024 · 5:59 AM PDT

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Tuesday April 16, 2024 · 7:20 AM PDT

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Former President Donald Trump attends the first day of his criminal trial, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 15, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP via AP Pool)

Donald Trump has arrived at the Manhattan courtroom of Judge Juan Merchan for the second day of his criminal trial over falsifying business records connected to hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

On Monday, Merchan ruled on several motions from each side and set a hearing date of April 23 for the issue of whether Trump is in violation of his gag order. Merchan kept up a brisk pace in the afternoon, bringing in the first 96 potential jurors before dismissing more than half of them with a single question over their ability to be fair and impartial in this case. The afternoon ended with the first 18 of the remaining potential jurors answering preliminary questions.

Merchan is expected to try to keep Tuesday centered on juror selection. With a reported 500 potential jurors to process, there should be no problem finding enough to fill the jury box, but just getting through them all is going to be an effort.

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Tuesday April 16, 2024 · 5:59 AM PDT

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Monday April 15, 2024 · 8:07 AM PDT

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Monday marks the first day of Donald Trump’s criminal trial for falsifying business records connected to hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump faces 34 felony counts and, unlike past civil trials, Trump is required to be in court for these proceedings. He could face prison time if convicted.

The trial is being conducted in the Manhattan courtroom of New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan. There is no video or audio feed. Mechan has also limited the pool of reporters inside the courtroom to just six. However, dozens of other journalists and analysts are in the overflow room and several of them are providing near real-time feeds of events inside the courtroom. Daily Kos will provide updates from the trial using a variety of on-site sources as well as information compiled by other news outlets.

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Monday April 15, 2024 · 5:59 AM PDT

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