In the United States, the criminal trial against former President Donald Trump began on Monday in New York, in the midst of an election campaign in which the Republican aspires to return to the White House. teleSUR
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00:00 In the United States, the criminal trial against former President Donald Trump began Monday
00:04 in New York, in the middle of the election campaign in which the Republican aspires to
00:09 return to the White House.
00:11 New York prosecutors in this local process have charged Trump with 34 counts related
00:16 to falsifying financial reports to cover up payments in exchange for silence from a porn
00:21 star in 2016 and two other people, and they are serious crimes because they were part
00:27 of a maneuver to hide from voters information harmful to the candidates.
00:32 The charges involve a sentence of up to four years in prison, but everything indicates
00:36 that if convicted, he will not be imprisoned.
00:40 Trump is managing to turn the trial into a political spectacle for the benefit of his
00:45 campaign and if he wins, as some polls indicate, he could be the first convicted felon to occupy
00:51 the White House.
00:58 Contradictory protests were heard outside a New York courthouse on Monday.
01:02 Protesters chanted "No one is above the law" and supporters shouted "USA, USA, USA".
01:08 This is the first criminal trial of a former US president and is the first of four indictments
01:13 against Trump.
01:14 The ex-president has managed to postpone the other three criminal trials pending against
01:19 him with all sorts of legal maneuvers.
01:23 This one is considered the last damaging to his candidacy, although it is the only one
01:28 that is proceeding before the election.
01:30 Dozens of people are expected to be called to the courtroom to begin the process of finding
01:35 12 jurors plus six alternates.
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