“The people of the state of New York v. Donald J. Trump. » For the first time in American history, a former president faces criminal justice. Indicted for having disguised the accounts of the Trump Organization, Donald Trump is accused of having participated in a “plot” to influence the 2016 election by buying the silence of an ex-porn star Stormy Daniels and thus stifling a large salacious unpacking two weeks before his duel with Hillary Clinton. Witnesses, judges, prosecutors, lawyers…
Here are the key people in this legal saga, which could – depending on what the Supreme Court decides on possible federal immunity for Donald Trump – be the only trial targeting him before the November 5 presidential election. With a hearing expected to last between six and eight weeks, the verdict is expected between the end of May and the beginning of June.READ ALSO Donald Trump in New York: the ingredients of an exceptional trial