David Pecker was called as the first witness in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial following opening statements Monday.
For the first time in history, prosecutors presented a criminal case against a former American president to a jury, accusing Trump of a scheme to prevent damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public.
Here’s what to know:
What the case is about: Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to bury stories that he feared could hurt his 2016 campaign.What was said in opening statements: The prosecution argued that Trump’s hush money payments were mislabeled as legal services. The defense said
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