- Opening statements began in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial on Monday.
- Trump faces 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in the historic case.
- “This case is about a criminal conspiracy and a coverup,” ADA Matthew Colangelo said.
Opening arguments in Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial got underway on Monday with a prosecutor describing the case as being about a “criminal conspiracy,” while a defense attorney for the former president likened hush-money payments to “democracy.”
“This case is about a criminal conspiracy and a coverup,” Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo told the 12-person Manhattan jury in the hush-money trial.
Prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office allege Trump illegally falsified business records by covering up a $130,000 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
My understanding is that he’s denying that he was the one who had the documents altered.
“The buck stops at my paid employees, not me”…
Good luck finding one that actually got paid.
Zing!
Wow, that would be an amazing outcome, if his stinginess made him the only employee, everyone else being a contractor that he can’t throw under the bus correctly.