Former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial began in New York today, with Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo saying in his opening statement, “The defendant, Donald Trump, orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election.” He claimed Trump falsified invoices: “The defendant disguised his reimbursements to Michael Cohen through 11 falsified invoices, 12 falsified ledger entries, and 11 falsified checks.”
Trump claimed the trial is election interference, stating on Truth Social: “Make no mistake about it, this is a Biden Trial, they all are. It’s all about Election Interference. Sad!”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump alleges he attempted to conceal a six-figure “hush money” payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels as a “legal expense” to his attorney Michael Cohen.
Trump has maintained his innocence, stating on Truth Social yesterday:
The Corrupt Soros Funded District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, who has totally lost control of Violent Crime in New York, says that the payment of money to a lawyer, for legal services rendered, should not be referred to in a Ledger as LEGAL EXPENSE. What other term would be more appropriate??? Believe it or not, this is the pretext under which I was Indicted, and that Legal Scholars and Experts CANNOT BELIEVE. It is also the perfect Crooked Joe Biden NARRATIVE — To be STUCK in a courtroom, and not be allowed to campaign for President of the United States!
