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Donald Trump‘s campaign furiously denied rumours that the former president fell asleep during the first day of his historic criminal trial in New York.
At various points during proceedings on Monday Mr Trump, who is making history once again as the first American president to ever stand trial on criminal charges, appeared to struggle to keep his eyes open, earning the nicknames “Sleepy Don” and “Don Snoreleone” – the latter a reference to the mafia kingpin Don Corleone from the Godfather series.
The former president has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in a bid to conceal a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, in order to silence her over an alleged affair in 2006.
The charges on their own are misdemeanours but have been elevated to felonies because Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg says they occurred to violate state or federal election laws.
Mr Trump denies the affair and has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Jury selection in the trail began on Monday and will continue on Tuesday.
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Does Trump have to be in court every day of hush money trial?
Donald Trump will be in court on Monday, becoming the first American president to face a criminal trial.
It focuses on accusations by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg that Trump falsified business records, a felony in the state of New York, including to conceal a “hush money” payment he is alleged to have made to the adult film star Stormy Daniels.
The payment was allegedly made amid the 2016 presidential election to try and silence her over an extramarital affair Daniels alleges she had with the former president more trhan a decade .
The former president is required to be at the trial every day, as New York state law makes it a necessity for defendants to be personally present during the trial.
Amelia Neath reports:
Does Trump have to be in court every day of hush money trial?
Does Donald Trump have to attend court every day the ‘hush money’ trial is taking place?
Oliver O'Connell16 April 2024 07:30 1713241800Hush money trial: What prison sentence could Trump face if he is convicted?
Donald Trump is the first American president to face a criminal trial now that the New York “hush money” case against him has finally begun.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee for 2024 stands accused by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg of falsifying his business records, a felony in New York state, in order to allegedly conceal a secret payment made to the adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign to ensure her silence over an extramarital affair she alleges she had with the businessman a decade earlier.
Mr Trump denies the affair and any wrongdoing in the case after being hit with 34 felony charges by Mr Bragg a little over a year ago.
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What prison sentence could Trump face if he is convicted at his hush money trial?
Republican presidential contender will become the first former US president to face criminal proceedings when he appears in court on Monday over the Stormy Daniels scandal
Oliver O'Connell16 April 2024 05:30 1713234651How did a porn star become one of the most powerful people in politics?
Io Dodds explains how Stormy Daniels and the hush money paid to her before the 2016 election landed her in the middle of a political firestorm that could take down a former president.
How Stormy Daniels became one of the most powerful people in politics
Stormy Daniels was dancing her way through a ‘Make America Horny Again’ tour when news emerged that she had received hush money payments from Donald Trump. As those payments sit at the centre of an indictment against Trump, Io Dodds explains how Daniels landed in the middle of a political firestorm
Oliver O'Connell16 April 2024 03:30 1713231051ICYMI: Trump posts video blaming Biden for criminal trials
Donald Trump has lashed out at President Joe Biden in a Truth Social video accusing the president of being a “criminal” after he failed to delay an imminent criminal trial in Manhattan.
Mr Trump lost three last-ditch bids in three days to delay his New York hush money trial, with jury selection set to begin on Monday.
The former president faces 88 felony counts across four state and federal prosecutions as he campaigns for a return to the White House. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.
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Trump posts video blaming Biden for criminal trials
Former president set to go on trial before jury in Manhattan next week
Oliver O'Connell16 April 2024 02:30 1713229515Trump furious that he cannot attend son’s graduation ceremony
Trump campaign furiously denies claim former president fell asleep in court
According to court reporters present in the courtroom on Monday, Mr Trump appeared at times to be struggling to keep his eyes open, with some going so far as to claim that he had actually fallen asleep.
His campign later furiously denied that the former president fell asleep in court during the first day of his historic criminal trial in New York, blasting the claims as “100% fake news”.
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Mike Bedigan16 April 2024 01:45 1713227451How do Trump’s trial dates and the 2024 election overlap?
In a typical presidential election year, candidates will spend the 11 months leading up to election day shaking hands and kissing babies at rallies as the primaries unfold.
But nothing is typical when it comes to Donald Trump.
Instead, the ex-president will be forced to juggle his campaign for the White House while also defending himself in federal and state courts in four different cases that have hearings and trial dates scattered throughout 2024.
Ariana Baio reports:
How Trump’s trial dates and the 2024 election overlap
Three criminal trials, one civil trial, and 50 primaries all within 11 months. How will Donald Trump manage a presidential campaign and his many legal trials in one year? Ariana Baio breaks it down
Oliver O'Connell16 April 2024 01:30 1713223851Who is Alvin Bragg?
Alex Woodward profiles the Manhattan District Attorney who could seal Donald Trump’s fate...
Who is Alvin Bragg, the district attorney who could bring down Trump?
The New York prosecutor has made history as the first person to ever bring charges against a former president, Alex Woodward reports
Oliver O'Connell16 April 2024 00:30 1713222024Hush money trial: All the wild defences Trump has given so far
Former president Donald Trump’s legal team has used various defences for — and attempts to delay — the hush money case in which he is accused of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
None of them so far have worked, writes Kelly Rissman:
Hush money trial: All the wild defences Trump has given so far
Ex-president’s team have seemingly thrown everything but the kitchen sink to try to stop or stall the former president’s first criminal trial — none of these efforts have been successful so far
Oliver O'Connell16 April 2024 00:00 1713220251How the Stormy Daniels hush money case unfolded
With day one of this historic moment at a close, let’s go back to the beginning, and look at the major milestones of the Trump-Stormy relationship:
What did Trump do? Inside the Stormy Daniels case that led to Trump’s arrest
How the story unfolded: John Bowden on the key moments in a seven-year saga that has led to Trump’s indictment and trial on criminal charges
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