The First Trump Criminal Trial Starts Monday. The Stakes Are So Much Bigger Than a Payment to a Porn Actor.

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Donald Trump goes on trial Monday for allegedly making an illegal payment to a porn actor.

Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images, Unsplash, Ralf Hirschberger/DPA/AFP via Getty Images, and Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images.On Monday the New York County Supreme Court in lower Manhattan becomes the site of history: The first criminal trial against a former U.S. president will get underway with the start of jury selection in

Although I personally find the substance of the prosecution more compelling and legally significant than lots of other observers do, it would be impossible to argue that this is a bigger deal than Trump’s efforts to steal the 2020 election, culminating in the violent effort to overthrow the government on Jan. 6, or the classified documents case. And yet, this is the case we’re getting first.

 

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