On Monday 15 April, Donald Trump made history as the first current or former president ever to be criminally prosecuted in America, as he went on trial in Manhattan on charges of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments made to an adult film star before the 2016 presidential election.
The trial commenced more than a year on from the landmark day when Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg brought a historic 34-count indictment against him, years after his office began investigating the former president’s financial statements.
