- 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.
Im I wrong to think that we (the media) should stop calling it a “hush-money” case? I think its a poor move to put more focus on the moral issues of him spending a night with a porn star and paying them to keep quiet than to focus on the fact that he falsified business records to save face during a presidential campaign.
I don’t tend to mind the “hush money” framing, since that makes him sound like the mobster that he definitely is.
No…and it’s like Trump already won the court of opinion due to it. It’s terrible messaging.
No one really cares that he banged a prostitute. Clinton was all over that too…We DO care that he committed fraud.
But reading through this…well…who cares really: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/22/trump-hush-money-trial-charges/
Instead of framing this as Trump is a terrible person who did terrible things, it’s worded like he tripped on a very complex piece of legislature.
TL;DR: You made an important point.