dDonald Trump arrived this monday to a New York court to begin a historic moment in the judicial history of the United States, since he is the first former president of that country to face a criminal trial.
Dressed in his characteristic red tie and dark blue suit, the 77-year-old Republican candidate greeted the people who were waiting for him at the exit of the Tower shortly before. Trump to address Manhattan Criminal Courtwhere he is accused of doctoring accounting documents to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with a porn film actress.
The case begins this Monday in New York with the selection of the jury that will determine its fate in the middle of the November presidential election campaign.
The trial against Donald Trump in the Stormy Daniels case begins
The former US president must answer for accusations that he paid $130,000 to a former porn actress in 2016 to buy her silence. /go pic.twitter.com/njB1fjqDCW
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The Republican is summoned at 8:30 am (Bogotá time) before the judge of Colombian origin Juan Manuel Merchán, of the Manhattan Supreme Court, to respond for a payment of $130,000 to former porn actress Stormy Daniels to supposedly buy her silence about an extramarital affair and thus protect her 2016 campaign, which she ultimately won against the Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Below, the minute by minute of how this historic trial is progressing in the United States.
Donald Trump arrives at the Manhattan courthouse
Former President Donald Trump arrived shortly before 8:10 am at the Manhattan court, where the historic trial that has him in the dock will begin.
At this time the trial in the United States against Donald Trump begins
Around 8:30 am (9:30 am New York time) Donald Trump is summoned to a Manhattan Supreme Court. This marks the formal start of the case.
During this session, the jury that will make up the trial is scheduled to be selected.
The judge in charge of the case is Juan Merchán, of Colombian origin.
What is Donald Trump accused of?
The former mogul, 77, is not accused of the payment itself to Stormy Daniels, but of disguising it as legal expenses of the company. 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. He could also become president, although it would be an unprecedented situation.
The other troubles with justice that the former president has
Also this year he will have to respond in courts of Georgia and Washington DC for his alleged attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election that he lost against Democrat Joe Biden, and in Florida for the accusation of illegally stealing and keeping in his mansion Mar-a-Lago classified documents that he removed from the White House after leaving power.
*With AFP and Efe
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