Trump slates NY case as 鈥榳itch hunt鈥
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Former US President Donald Trump arrived in court yesterday for opening statements in his criminal trial and condemned the high-stakes case as a 鈥渨itch hunt鈥 designed to derail his White House bid.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a very, very sad day in America,鈥 the 77-year-old Republican presidential candidate told reporters before entering the Manhattan courtroom.
鈥淚鈥檓 here instead of being able to be in Pennsylvania, in Georgia, and lots of other places campaigning,鈥 he said. 鈥淭his is a witch hunt and it鈥檚 a shame and it comes out of Washington.鈥
Trump is the first former president to face criminal charges and the case poses substantial risks to him less than seven months before his election rematch with President Joe Biden.
Prosecution witnesses are expected to include adult film actress Stormy Daniels 鈥 who says she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, which he denies 鈥 and Trump鈥檚 former fixer Michael Cohen.
The identities of the jury鈥檚 five women and seven men are being kept secret for their own protection.
Security was tight yesterday after a man set himself ablaze last week outside the courthouse in an unrelated but gruesome incident.
Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to pay US$130,000 in 鈥渉ush money鈥 to Daniels to ensure an account of their alleged tryst did not get out ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
The alleged crime is less significant than the indictments stemming from Trump鈥檚 attack on the 2020 election 鈥 which the Republican lost to Democrat Biden 鈥 and his hoarding of secret documents.
He could face jail time in the current case, although a fine or probation is more likely, analysts say.
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