Scowling Trump Arrives in Court for Historic Hush-Money Trial

Jury selection in the nation’s first-ever criminal trial of a current or former U.S. president was set to kick off on Monday, with a ragtag batch of Trump supporters gathered outside Manhattan Criminal Court.

Supporters were vastly outnumbered by members of the press, along with a small group of counterprotesters holding signs reading, variously, “Not above the law,” “Election interference is a crime,” and “Tick tock, time’s up.”

Inside, prosecutors Matthew Colangelo, Susan Hoffinger, and Joshua Steinglass arrived several minutes before former President Donald Trump, who is facing state felony charges stemming from a $130,000 hush money payment in October 2016 to adult film star Stormy Daniels over an affair the two allegedly had. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg in April 2023 hit Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.

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