Former President Donald Trump Hush Money Criminal Case

A press pen is filled before opening remarks begin in former president Donald Trump's hush money criminal case at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on Monday April 22, 2024. Donald Trump arrived at a New York courthouse on Monday to hear prosecutors explain why his alleged cover-up of a hush money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign broke the law, as the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president begins. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI