He criminal trial against Donald Trumpthe first former president in the history of the United States to sit on the bench, started this Monday in a New York court, in full 2024 presidential campaign.
He investigating judge Juan M. Merchanof Colombian origin, opened the trial and one more timerejected the magnate’s request of 77 years to withdraw from the case.
Donald Trump spoke about his trial in New York
For the Republican, almost certain candidate of his party for the presidential election in November, The trial is a “political persecution” orchestrated by the Democrats to prevent him from achieving his long-awaited dream of returning to the White House.
“This is an assault on the United States. Nothing like this has ever happened”said the Republican upon his arrival at the court where will be tried for hiding a payment of $130,000 to former porn actress Stormy Daniels to buy his silence about an alleged extramarital affair and thus protect his 2016 campaign, which he ultimately won against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Why Donald Trump will be impeached and how many years they can be sentenced
He billionaire not charged over payment itself to hide a sexual relationship that he always denied, but for disguising it as legal expenses of the Trump Organizationthe family business, which can lead to a sentence of up to four years in prison.
However, The sentence would not be an obstacle for him to run in the presidential elections on November 5, in which he will face Democrat Joe Biden for the second time, who defeated him in the elections four years ago. Also could become presidentalthough it would be an unprecedented situation.
What will the trial of Donald Trump be like?
After a debate between the judge and the prosecution about what evidence to include, The trial was to proceed to the selection ofand the twelve jurors and six alternates who will have the responsibility to declare unanimously to the tycoon “guilty” or “not guilty”a process that can take several days.
The lottery candidates have to respond to a detailed questionnaire about his political sympathies in a city with a majority Democratic heart and, above all, about his impartiality and ability to define the fate of one of the most influential politicians of recent times, both in the United States and in the world.
The accusation that magnate Donald Trump has
He Millionaire is accused of 34 falsifications of Trump Organization accounting documents to camouflage as “legal expenses” the payments made to Stormy Danielswhich was advanced out of his pocket by Trump’s then lawyer and trusted man, Michael Cohen, currently a sworn enemy and who will be one of the key witnesses for the prosecution.
He trial will have to show what Trump knew about these payments, for which Cohen was already convicted. This is one of the many open fronts of the New York magnate who amassed his fortune in the real estate sector and the construction of golf courses that he denounces as being the victim of “a witch hunt.”
Probably, it is the only trial let it be celebrated before the elections of November.
The accusations that Donald Trump has
He republican candidate is also accused of trying to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election and his management of classified documents that he took home when he left the White House.
“The stakes are high, because Trump and his lawyers have so far managed to delay the (other) trials“he says to the AFP Carl Tobias, professor of law at the University of Richmond.
The support that Donald Trump receives on the networks through the accusations and the trial
But far from impacting his brilliant career for the presidency, each problem with justice seems to reinforce his popularity among his followers. On Saturday night, at a rally in Pennsylvania, Trump again declared himself a victim of judicial and political persecution by Democrats.
“Our enemies want to take away my freedom because I will never let them take away theirs,” he told his followers. Trump plans to testify at trialwhich can last between six and eight weeks.
On maximum alert, a A handful of supporters and detractors of the magnate demonstrated in front of the Manhattan courthousein southern New York, cordoned off by police.
Unlike other states, in New York courts Television cameras are not authorized, so only the written press will tell the development of this trial, which arouses great interest.
Source: Ambito
