On February 15, 2024, former US President Donald Trump shows up for a hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City. Before his trial, Trump is in court accused of unlawfully concealing payments made using hush money to cover up extramarital affairs, including that with porn star Stormy Daniels.
The first criminal trial of the former president of the United States, which concerns a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election, will begin in a New York courtroom on Monday. Jury selection for the trial, which will begin on Monday, will require narrowing down the hundreds of applicants from New York to 12 members plus six alternates. When the opening arguments start and prominent witnesses begin testifying, it is anticipated that this procedure will take at least a few days. In a case that also saw him become the first former CEO to face criminal charges, Trump will go down in history as the first American president, living or dead, to be put on trial for a crime. It is by no means the only
