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Former President Donald Trump inside the Manhattan criminal court. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Live updates Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial is underway

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Donald Trump is in a Manhattan courtroom, where his hush money trial — the first criminal prosecution of a former U.S. president — has begun. A jury will be picked to determine whether Trump broke state law by falsifying business records connected to a hush money payment in 2016 to keep an adult-film actress quiet about an alleged sexual tryst.  
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The trial is not being televised. The Washington Post has three reporters in the courtroom and media overflow room, who are posting updates here. Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with his reimbursement of lawyer Michael Cohen for the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.
The court may have to sift through hundreds of potential jurors to find a dozen — plus alternates — who are confident they can set aside any feelings they have about Trump and decide the case solely on the facts and the law.
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The trial is not being televised. The Washington Post has three reporters in the courtroom and media overflow room, who are posting updates here. Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with his reimbursement of lawyer Michael Cohen for the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.
The court may have to sift through hundreds of potential jurors to find a dozen — plus alternates — who are confident they can set aside any feelings they have about Trump and decide the case solely on the facts and the law.
Trying to keep track of all four of Trump’s criminal trials? Sign up to get our Trump Trials newsletter in your email inbox.
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