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Trump's historic hush-money trial gets underway

Headline from NBC4 Washington, on the newest of 2 developments

The day began with hours of pretrial arguments — including over a potential fine for Trump — before moving into the start of jury selection.

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  1. Trump seeks to use NY hush money trial to delay criminal case over classified document handling in FL

    Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri ·

  2. Newest

    Trump's historic hush-money trial gets underway

    Headline from NBC4 Washington ·

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  1. Deutsche Welle

    Trump's attempt to delay hush money trial fails – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Donald Trump has argued that Democrat-heavy Manhattan would produce a jury that was prejudiced against him. The April 15 trial would be the first criminal trial for a former US president.

  2. The Hill

    Trump will be first ex-president on criminal trial. Here’s what to know about the hush money case (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom f…

  3. CNN

    Donald Trump hush money trial, explained (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Former President Donald Trump is set to go on trial this month in Manhattan for his alleged role in a hush money scheme to silence his alleged mistresses before the 2016 election.

  4. Fox News

    Trump defense challenges jury selection in criminal hush money trial (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Judge Juan Merchan denied Trump's motion for a delay as his defense submitted a pre-trial letter challenging the jury selection just days before the trial begins in New York City.

  5. Anchorage Daily News

    How a hush money scandal tied to a porn star led to Trump’s first criminal trial (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    Trump is set to stand trial Monday in New York on state charges related to a sex scandal that prosecutors say he and his aides tried to conceal. Barring a last-minute delay, it will be the first of Trump’s four criminal cases to go to trial.

  6. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Trump seeks to use NY hush money trial to delay criminal case over classified document handling in FL (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is using his first criminal trial, set to begin Monday in New York, to try to delay facing a jury over more serious federal charges in Florida.

  7. CNN

    Opinion: Trump’s about to get an audience unlike any he’s had before (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    With jury selection beginning in Manhattan this week for the Trump hush money case — the first criminal trial of a former US president (and current presidential candidate) — America is confronting impossible questions, writes Jane Greenway Carr.

  8. CNN

    Trump hush money case makes history with first criminal trial of a former president (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Donald Trump will make history when he arrives in lower Manhattan Monday morning as the first former president to go on trial for criminal charges.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Trump lawyer argues former president would be ‘compelling witness’ in hush money trial (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The case is the first-ever criminal trial of a former United States president, and is one of four criminal trials against Trump slated for this year.

  10. Washington Examiner

    The Trump hush money trial is a circus full of questionable characters (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The hush money trial of Donald Trump will feature a rogues gallery of witnesses with questionable credibility that underscore the political prosecution.

  11. Truthout

    Trump Makes History Today as First Ex-President to Face Criminal Trial (opens Truthout)

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    Truthout's feed description

    After several failed attempts to delay, Trump is finally seeing the official start to one of his four criminal trials.

  12. WFMZ Allentown

    The Latest | First day of Trump (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    The first day of Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial has ended after hours of pretrial motions and an initial jury selection process that saw dozens of prospective jurors excused

  13. NJ.com / Star-Ledger

    Donald Trump’s history-making hush-money trial begins with challenge of picking a jury (opens NJ.com / Star-Ledger)

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    NJ.com / Star-Ledger's feed description

    Scores of people are due to be called into the courtroom to start the process of finding 12 jurors, plus six alternates.

  14. CNN

    Takeaways from the first day of the Trump hush money trial (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The first criminal trial of former President Donald Trump is here.

  15. Daily Journal

    Trump's history-making hush money trial starts Monday with jury selection (opens Daily Journal)

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    Daily Journal's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — In a singular moment for American history, the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump begins Monday with jury selection. It’s the first criminal trial of a former commander in chief and the first of Trump’s four indictments to go to trial.

  16. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Trump (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    The first criminal trial of any former U.S. president began as Donald Trump vies to reclaim the White House and ended without a single juror being seated and more than a third dismissed.

  17. NBC4 Washington

    Trump's historic hush-money trial gets underway (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    The day began with hours of pretrial arguments — including over a potential fine for Trump — before moving into the start of jury selection.

  18. The Buffalo News

    The Latest | Trump arrives at court in New York for the start of jury selection in hush money trial (opens The Buffalo News)

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    The Buffalo News's feed description

    Donald Trump has arrived at a New York court for the start of jury selection in his hush money trial, making history as the first former president to stand trial

  19. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Trump's historic hush-money trial ends 1st day without any jurors being picked (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    The hush money trial of former President Donald Trump begins Monday with jury selection. It's the first criminal trial of a former president.

  20. Washington Times

    Trump’s history-making hush-money trial begins with challenge of picking a jury (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Donald Trump arrived Monday at a New York court for the start of jury selection in his hush-money trial, marking a singular moment in American history as the former president answers to criminal charges that he falsified business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.

  21. WHEC Rochester

    The Latest | Jury selection in Trump's hush money trial finally underway after pretrial motions (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    Jury selection in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial is finally underway after hours of pretrial arguments, including a request from prosecutors to fine Trump over social media posts they say violated a gag order.

  22. WSVN Miami

    Trump hush money case makes history with first criminal trial of a former president - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    (CNN) — Donald Trump will make history when he arrives in lower Manhattan Monday morning as the first former president to go on trial for criminal charges.Despite a blitz

  23. Deutsche Welle

    Donald Trump arrives in New York for hush money trial – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Jury selection will soon begin in the first criminal trial of any ex-US president. The trial involving payments to an adult actress could keep Trump from campaigning for weeks as he seeks reelection to the White House.

  24. FOX 5 DC

    Trump arrives at court for the start of jury selection in his historic hush money trial (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    FOX 5 DC's feed description

    Donald Trump has arrived at a New York court for the start of jury selection in his hush money case. marking a singular moment in U.S. history.

  25. Legal Insurrection

    Jury Selection Begins in Trump NYC ‘Hush Money’ Trial (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    "This is a persecution like never before. It is an assault on America and that’s why I'm very proud to be here."

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