2024-05-23 21:50:19
On Tuesday morning, 5 weeks after jurors sat for the primary time within the trial of former US President Donald Trump, the presentation of proof and the questioning of witnesses ended. The politician faces allegations that he paid porn actress Stormy Daniels to maintain quiet about having intercourse along with her after which falsified monetary data. Subsequent week there will likely be closing arguments and the choice will likely be within the palms of the jury. What has been heard in courtroom up to now?
Former US President Donald Trump listens as his lawyer Todd Blanche argues with Decide Juan Merchan in courtroom in New York – drawing. | Picture: Reuters
Court docket in New York
Former President Donald Trump is accused of falsifying 34 enterprise data associated to the fee of $130,000 (transformed to virtually three million crowns) for silence to porn actress Stormy Daniels. She claims she had intercourse with Trump in Lake Tahoe, Nevada in 2006.
Trump has denied the allegations, saying he by no means met Daniels in particular person and by no means had intercourse along with her. If the jury convicts the ex-president, he faces jail or probation.
The New York trial started 5 weeks in the past, with the jury set to deliberate in early June. On the similar time, Republican Trump is working a presidential marketing campaign and says the courtroom is making an attempt to affect the November election, wherein he’s most definitely to face the present president, Democrat Joe Biden, once more.
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