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Former President Donald Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial began Monday morning with jury selection, the first day of a process that could span two weeks.
The trial is the first criminal trial of a president.
Democrat Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Trump with 34 felonies, accusing him of falsifying documents to conceal a sex scandal. Trump could face jail time if convicted.
The case is all over “hush money” payments Trump allegedly paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. The “star witness” of the trial is Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, an admitted liar.
As Politico noted about Cohen, “By his own admission, he has lied in court. He has lied to the media. And he has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress.”
The trial is expected to last for several weeks, and could conflict with Barron Trump’s high school graduation.
Below is an excerpt from NBC News:
Merchan said there will be no trial on any Wednesdays or on April 29. But if the trial starts to run long, he said he reserves the right to convene trial on Wednesday afternoons.
There will be no trial on any day that conflicts with the religious observance of any juror, as well, he said.
At most, that would mean April 22 and 23 for Passover as well as April 29 and 30, but that will not be true to accommodate the lawyers alone. He is willing to curtail trial on April 22 and April 23 by 2 p.m. to allow counsel to make it to their holiday observances by sundown, which is roughly at 7:43 pm ET.
If everything is going according to schedule, he said he will adjourn for Barron Trump’s high school graduation and that of one of the defense lawyers’ children on May 17 and June 3, respectively. But he said he’s reserving judgment on that now.
Early Monday morning, Trump blasted Bragg’s trial in a series of statements on his Truth Social page:
As virtually every legal scholar has powerfully stated, the Biden Manhattan Witch Hunt Case is, among other things, BARRED by the Statute of Limitations. This “trial” should be ended by the highly conflicted presiding Judge.
The Radical Left Democrats are already cheating on the 2024 Presidential Election by bringing, or helping to bring, all of these bogus lawsuits against me, thereby forcing me to sit in courthouses, and spend money that could be used for campaigning, instead of being out in the field knocking Crooked Joe Biden, the WORST President in the History of the United States. Election Interference!
Why didn’t they bring this totally discredited lawsuit 7 years ago??? Election Interference!
I want my VOICE back. This Crooked Judge has GAGGED me. Unconstitutional! The other side can talk about me, but I am not allowed to talk about them! Rigged Trial!
When I walk into that courtroom, I know I will have the love of 200 million Americans behind me, and I will be FIGHTING for the FREEDOM of 325 MILLION AMERICANS!
The Trump campaign released the following video Monday morning, and wrote, “This is not a prosecution, it’s a persecution.”
Watch:
This is not a prosecution, it’s a persecution. pic.twitter.com/r9R2htAbBD
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) April 15, 2024
Margo Martin, the Deputy Director of Communications for the Trump campaign, posted a video of Trump leaving Trump Tower Monday morning:
President @realDonaldTrump departs Trump Tower en route to day 1 of the Biden Trial pic.twitter.com/ZkdHODaZJF
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) April 15, 2024
Trump spoke to reporters after arriving at the courthouse.
“This is an an assault on America,” he said.
WATCH BELOW:
PRESIDENT TRUMP: “This is an assault on America.” pic.twitter.com/UoQXF8Vkcq
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) April 15, 2024
A large media presence was seen waiting outside the courthouse.
These are just the TV crews for Trump’s bogus trial today.
There are hundreds of print reporters, as well.
Democrat lawfare and election interference.
@Article3Project will continue to help Trump turn lemons into lemonade.
Biased judge.
Biden prosecutor.#TeflonDon pic.twitter.com/ho54s1IYOH
— Mike Davis (@mrddmia) April 15, 2024
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a Trump ally, posted on social media:
Remember, Alvin Bragg’s case against President Trump is based on two faulty concepts:
1. The word of convicted liar Michael Cohen.
2. A shaky legal theory making a misdemeanor a felony.
Complete sham.
Remember, Alvin Bragg’s case against President Trump is based on two faulty concepts:
1. The word of convicted liar Michael Cohen.
2. A shaky legal theory making a misdemeanor a felony.
Complete sham.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) April 15, 2024
It begins https://t.co/fVvHv2LzQC
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 15, 2024
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