Donald Trump's hush money trial begins in earnest today with witnesses, including former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, set to stand in New York over the coming weeks.The first of four criminal cases the former president faces, Trump faces 34 felony counts of illegally falsifying business records to hide payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 White House campaign.
According to a Department of Justice announcement, it was alleged that Cohen had 'concealed more than $4 million in personal income from the IRS, made false statements to a federally-insured financial institution in connection with a $500,000 home equity loan, and, in 2016, caused $280,000 in payments to be made to silence two women who otherwise planned to speak publicly about their alleged affairs with a presidential candidate, thereby intending to influence the 2016 presidential election.
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