For the first time in history, a former US president is standing trial on criminal charges.
Donald Trump’s trial in the hush money case against him is underway in New York. He was charged in 2023 with falsifying business records to commit or conceal another crime. It was the first time ever that a current or former US president had been criminally charged.
Prosecutors allege that the former president engaged in a cover-up scheme to hide reimbursement payments made to his former attorney, Michael Cohen, who had paid hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels to stop her from going public about a past affair with Trump before the 2016 presidential election. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 charges and denied the affair.
Trump,the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee, is now facing four criminal cases. He has pleaded not guilty in all of them and accused Democrats of targeting him politically.
Source: www.cnn.com