After six weeks of intense debates in USAthe defense and prosecution will have the opportunity today to make their final arguments before the jury. trump faces key hours to know his political future in the face of the presidential elections on November 5.
The businessman faces charges for falsifying accounting records to buy the silence of former porn actress Stormy Daniels, with the aim of hiding a sex scandal. If found guilty, Trump will be the first former president in the history of the United States to be convicted by Justice.
The closing arguments of the Trump trial
Donald Trump will return to the court this Tuesday NY for the final stretch of his trial. The decision of the jury, composed of seven men and five womenwill be decisive for the political future of the United States country that, on November 5, will have its presidential elections to elect the next president of the White House.
The prosecution will insist that the 45th president of the United States was guilty of falsifying accounting documents for his empirethe Trump Organization, to hide a payment of $130,000 to former adult entertainment actress Stormy Daniels to avoid a sexual scandal, at the end of his 2016 presidential campaign. According to his argument, this payment is considered a “hidden campaign spending“, through which the republican “corrupted” the elections.
The actress, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, claimed that Trump bought his silence about a sexual relationship. It would have occurred in 2006, when he was already married to his current wife Melania.
For his part, the former Republican president, denies the relationship and presents himself as a victim of political persecution. Along these lines, Trump gave up testifying at the trial.
Beyond this, The defense will try again to undermine Michael Cohen’s credibility – who was Trump’s lawyer and confidant in the past -, now his main accuser, before a jury that must issue a unanimous verdict so that he former president is found guilty.
Cohen claimed that, at the direction of his boss, he paid Stormy Daniels out of his own money.”to ensure that the story did not get out and affect Donald Trump’s chances of becoming president of the United States” in 2016. According to the indictment, the money was reimbursed through fake invoices and disguised records of “legal fees” in the accounts of the Trump Organization.
Once the final arguments are over, Judge Juan Merchan will entrust to the jurors – which will probably take place on Wednesday – the decision of whether to declare the former US head of state guilty or innocent. If the jury does not reach a consensus, it will have to repeat the trial.
What will happen if Donald Trump is found guilty?
Currently, trump face four legal processes. However, this trial is the one that gained the most importance because it will probably be the only one that occurs before the elections.
In addition to the New York case, Trump was accused in Washington and Georgia of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He also faces charges in Florida for allegedly tampering with classified documents after leaving the White House.
If convicted, the 77-year-old Republican presidential candidate may appeal and, anyway, run in the November elections. However, the burden of a criminal conviction could be decisive in the close duel against Joe Biden.
Source: Ambito
