The former president’s Manhattan criminal trial is set to begin on Monday, April 15.
Former President Donald Trump seems to be “on track” to face a criminal conviction this year, according to former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Glenn Kirschner on Saturday.
In the first of the four criminal indictments leveled against him last year, Trump is facing 34 charges related to allegations that he falsified business records to conceal “hush money” payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her not speaking before the 2016 presidential election about an affair the two allegedly had in 2006.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges and denies that an affair took place. The grand jury indictment came as the result of an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Despite that case being viewed by many experts as the least consequential and damning of Trump’s criminal cases, it now appears that it will be the first one to go to trial, with a start currently set for Monday, April 15.
