Trump’s hush-money trial: key takeaways from the first day
by Hugo Lowell in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#6M3J9)
Monday's day in court indicated that jury selection could take weeks - and that Trump could yet be held in contempt
Donald Trump struggled through the opening day of his New York criminal trial on Monday as the jury selection process formally got under way in Manhattan in the first criminal trial of a current or former US president.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in trying to cover up hush-money payments to an adult film star that influenced the 2016 election.
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