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What you need to know about the Donald Trump hush money criminal trial

Molly Crane-Newman and Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News on

Published in Political News

He served the latter half of his sentence at his Trump Park Avenue apartment on account of the COVID-19 pandemic and was briefly thrown back in prison when he refused not to write a book about Trump under house arrest.

Pecker and since-twice convicted Trump Organization finance chief Allen Weisselberg were among those to receive immunity in the feds’ investigation into Cohen.

What has Stormy Daniels said about Trump?

When she testified at the January 2022 trial of her lawyer, Michael Avenetti, for stealing advance proceeds from her memoir “Full Disclosure,” Daniels pushed back on descriptions of her rendezvous with Trump at the charity golf tournament as an “affair.”

“Because it was not romantic,” she said. “I don’t consider getting cornered coming out of a bathroom to be an affair.”

The adult film star and author’s book made quite the splash, in which she likened the then-president’s penis to a “toadstool” with “Yeti pubes” and the “mushroom character in Mario Kart.”

Could Trump go to prison?

The charges could land Trump in prison for up to four years.

 

That said, it’s unlikely Trump would serve time as a first-time, nonviolent offender, should he be convicted.

What happens if Trump loses the case and wins the election?

Nothing.

He can be found guilty and still serve as president, but he won’t be able to pardon himself of state charges.

The trial heavily interferes with Trump’s campaign plans, and a criminal conviction could impact how some voters view him as a candidate before they head to the ballot box.

The presumed GOP nominee is also facing three other criminal cases, but it’s unclear whether any will make it to trial before Nov. 8. In Washington, D.C., and Georgia, Trump is accused of election interference, and in Florida, he’s been indicted for hoarding highly sensitive classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and his New Jersey golf course. He’s pleaded not guilty to all charges.


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