Jury selection continues in the New York criminal trial of former President Donald Trump on charges he falsified business records to conceal $130,000 in hush money paid to a porn star to help his 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide reimbursement payments to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen for the money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Daniels claimed she and Trump had sex in 2006, not long after Melania Trump gave birth to their son Barron. Trump denies the claim.
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The 34 counts are felonies because prosecutors say the falsification was done to conceal the crime of violating federal campaign finance contribution limits. They also say it was meant to conceal a plan to violate New York tax and election laws.
Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on March 30, 2023. The indictment makes Trump the first former U.S. president ever to be criminally charged.