Trump in the Dock: First Criminal Trial of a Former U.S. President Begins in NYC
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Published 2024-04-15
Donald Trump made history Monday in New York as the first former U.S. president to stand trial for criminal charges. Trump faces 34 criminal charges of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to hide hush money payments he made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels and others, just weeks before winning the 2016 election. He is accused of violating federal campaign finance laws for failing to disclose the payments and instead recording them as a "legal expense." Each of the 34 counts carries a maximum sentence of four years in prison. "What Donald Trump is accused of is the type of crime that's prosecuted in New York every single day … [a] garden-variety, ordinary grift," says Ron Kuby, a longtime New York criminal defense and civil rights lawyer who is following the trial closely. Kuby explains what we can expect from the trial — the first of four different criminal cases Trump is currently embroiled in, but likely the only one he will stand for ahead of the 2024 election — in the coming days.
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All Comments (21)
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I wish it were televised and it is in the interest of the people in the whole of the country beyond the state.
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America should be ashamed of itself.
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I’m still in awe that a person can’t vote for a candidate to become president if that person has a felony, but a person with a felony can become president of the United States of America. Please make it make some sense!!!!😮
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Some people are above the law, that's what Americans have learned is the truth.
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Does the USA even believe law is real? 😂😂
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A crook is a crook
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Free Julian ASSANGE NOW
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Look at the colour of him 😂😂😂 Oompa lumpa dumpidee doo
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A historic snapshot in American history.
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I love how Trump suggests that he is "Gagged" and cannot even speak during the trial. I wonder if that's the explanation as to why he will have not testified that he's floating now. He could always take the stand and repeats the 5th at nauseum.
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I would love to see this televised - however its the conviction that’s paramount
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Nothing like this has ever happened, we had never had such a dirty president....
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"I am not a crook" OH yes you are!
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No innocent person fights to delay his, or her trial. Nobody in their right mind does photo ops on their way into court.
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If that’s the face of Jesus, I have been deluding myself all my life!
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Jury by your hand selected peers.
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Has he lied under oath yet?
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It’s definitely disgusting that the taxpayers have to pay for his Security detail,so sick and tired of the Orange dumpster 🤡;10 years later of nothing for the American people
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His eyes are bloodshot. What kinda drugs is he on just to be able to sit quietly!?!😂
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I sorry, but looking at how our courts tiptoe around Trump and are afraid to hold him accountable, I have no faith in our justice system anymore.
