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Trump trial live: Closing arguments set to begin in New York court

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It’s crunch time for this trial, but let’s take a step back and remind
ourselves what’s at the heart of it.

Donald Trump has been charged with business fraud over hush-money
payments to ex-porn actress Stormy Daniels.

Daniels claims she and Trump had sex, and that she accepted $130,000
(£104,500) from his former lawyer before the 2016 election in exchange for her
silence about the encounter.

Prosecutors allege Trump had his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, make
the payments, and then they claim Trump fraudulently recorded the transaction
in his company’s books as legal expenses when in fact he was paying Cohen back
for the hush-money payments.

Paying hush-money is not illegal, but the prosecution alleges how the
payment was recorded
amounts to election fraud.

Since the allegations surfaced in 2018, the former president has denied
any sexual involvement with Daniels.

He’s facing 34 counts of fraud, and has pleaded not guilty to all of
them. Trump denies having sex with Daniels.




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