NEW YORK, April 12 — 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...
Former US President Donald Trump makes a visit to a Chick-fil-A restaurant on April 10, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Trump is visiting Atlanta for a campaign fundraising event he is hosting. — AFP picNEW YORK, April 12 — 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.
But the real prospect of Trump becoming a convicted felon — and potentially facing jail time — throws an astonishing wild card into an already unprecedented election in which the right-wing populist is running on dark vows of “vengeance” against Democratic President Joe Biden, who beat him in 2020.The trial will start with what could be a lengthy and contentious process to select 12 jurors.
He denies the charges and could use the trial, scheduled for up to two months, as a prominent platform to decry what he alleges is “lawfare” and election interference by his political opponents. Trump also claims that he will not get a fair trial in heavily Democratic New York. In the New York case, Trump has repeatedly failed to secure meaningful delays and Merchan has signaled he will run the trial with a firm hand.
“The stakes are very high. Because Trump and his counsel have succeeded so far in kicking down the road the federal documents and election interference cases,” said University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias. “The hush money case may be the only case that is tried prior to the November federal elections.”
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