Trump's historic New York hush money trial begins today with jury selection
NBCApr 27
Jury Selection Begins in Trump Hush Money Trial
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The Facts
Jury selection began Monday for former US Pres. Donald Trump's criminal trial on 34 felony charges of allegedly falsifying business records to hide hush-money payments to Karen McDougal Stormy Daniels.
The charges include falsifying records to hide a $130K reimbursement Trump gave to his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, which the attorney made to Daniels in October 2016 to keep her quiet about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter she had with Trump.
The Spin
Anti-Trump narrative
This case is historic not only because it's the first federal prosecution of a former president, but because it relates to Trump's first attempt to steal an election. By illegally falsifying business documents to keep this hush money hidden, Trump blatantly violated the law in 2016 to ensure American voters were unaware of his wrongdoings. Trump is yet again attempting to skirt the law to obtain power he could otherwise never achieve.
Pro-Trump narrative
Alvin Bragg's case against Trump may be the clearest example of the Biden regime's grasping-at-straws legal strategy to damage their 2024 opponent. After failing to find any real crimes, Bragg reimagined the law to turn what had always been a misdemeanor into a felony. These alleged hidden hush money payments have been publicly denied by Stormy Daniels herself in 2006, 2011, 2016, 2017, and 2018. The government has weaponized the judicial system against the former president.
