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Al Jazeera
Politics
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, Joseph Stepansky

‘Battlelines’ drawn as jury hears opening remarks in Trump hush money case

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump awaits the start of legal proceedings in New York on April 22 [Yuki Iwamura/Pool via Reuters]

In a historic day in the United States, a New York jury has heard opening arguments in the hush-money case against Donald Trump — the first criminal trial against a former president in the country’s history.

Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo on Monday laid out the allegations against Trump, who is accused of falsifying business records to conceal payments made to an adult film star with whom he is accused of having a sexual relationship.

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