Trump hush money trial live updates: Opening arguments expected

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NEW YORK — Opening statements are expected Monday morning in Donald Trump’s trial for allegedly falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment during the 2016 presidential election campaign. Once the prosecutor and Trump’s legal team have outlined their cases to the jury, the first witnesses will be called to testify in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.

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Twelve jurors and six alternates were chosen after a little more than three days of sometimes emotional jury selection. Trump’s defense lawyers scoured some of the prospective jurors’ social media profiles for evidence of whether they would be biased against the 45th president.

The trial is not being televised. The Washington Post has reporters in the courtroom and media overflow room who are posting live updates.

Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records related to his reimbursement of longtime lawyer Michael Cohen for a hush money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, who alleged that she had a sexual encounter with Trump years before he sought the presidency.

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Twelve jurors and six alternates were chosen after a little more than three days of sometimes emotional jury selection. Trump’s defense lawyers scoured some of the prospective jurors’ social media profiles for evidence of whether they would be biased against the 45th president.

The trial is not being televised. The Washington Post has reporters in the courtroom and media overflow room who are posting live updates.

Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records related to his reimbursement of longtime lawyer Michael Cohen for a hush money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, who alleged that she had a sexual encounter with Trump years before he sought the presidency.

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