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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Gregory WALTON

Landmark Trump Hush Money Criminal Trial Starts In New York Monday

The so-called hush money affair is only one of the four criminal cases hanging over Trump and arguably the least serious (Credit: AFP)

Donald Trump becomes the first US ex-president to go on criminal trial Monday -- pushing the nation's legal and electoral systems to the limit less than seven months before Americans decide whether to return the scandal-plagued Republican to the White House.

Trump is accused of falsifying business records in a scheme to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with porn star Stormy Daniels so as not to doom his 2016 election.

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