Key persons in criminal trial against former President Donald Trump

On Monday, criminal trial against former President Donald Trump will start with the maintenance of opening statements on the parties, followed by the beginning of the testimony. Last week, the 12-member jury selection process, seven men and five women, as well as six reserve persons for every surprise ended.

The former president is accused of counterfeiting his company's records, hiding the real reasons according to the prosecution, of remanding his former lawyer Michael Cohen. He allegedly paid the movie actress to raise Stormy Daniels to ensure her silence over a relationship she claims had with Mr. Trump, relationships that if it became public could harm Mr. Trump's 2016 election campaign. The former president has denied having a relationship with Mrs. Daniels.

Among those who will be brought to trial will be Mrs. Daniels, former painter of the phototyped Enquirer David Pecker, and former Mr. Trump's attorney Michael Cohen. He has been sentenced to the Burng before, about his role in the payment made to ensure the silence of former actress Daniels, and other violations involving him, that he has failed Congress.

Who is the first historical criminal trial against a former American president?

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DONALD TRUMP Former President of the United States and Republican candidate. The prominent businessman won presidential elections in 2016, becoming the 45th president of the United States. He is accused of counterfeiting his company's records to conceal the true nature of payment to Mr. Cohen, who helped conceal negative stories about him during the 2016 presidential campaign. Mr. Trump himself has been declared innocent.

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M I CHAEL HOLY Mr. Trump's former attorney, once a strong ally of his, now the chief prosecutor's witness against his former chief. Mr. Cohen worked for the Trump Organization from 2006 to 2017. He was later sentenced to prison in connection with federal charges after he was convicted of violating the campaign's funding law on money paid to the movie actress to raise Mrs. Daniels, as well as other violations, which do not concern the issue.

STORMY DANIELS A former film star, pornographic who received a $130,000 payment from Mr. Cohen as part of her alleged attempt to keep her relationship with Mr. Trump secret. Former President Trump denies having had extramarital relations with Mrs. Daniels.

CAR MCDOGAL A former model of Playboy magazine, which also claims to have had a 10-month connection with Mr. Trump in the mid-2000s. It was paid $150,000 in 2016 by the most prominent phototype company Enquirer, for its history rights regarding the alleged relationship with Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump himself denied having sex with Mrs. McDougal.

DAV PACKER ID I.National Enquir and an old friend of Mr. Trump's. Prosecutors say he met with Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen in the Trump Tower in August 2015 and agreed to help his campaign for president, thanks to efforts to prevent negative stories against him from being published.

HOPE HICKS Former White House communications director during the Trump administration. Prosecutors say she had held a telephone conversation with Mr. Trump while attempting to keep away from the press the alleged extramarital relations of Mr. Trump, as well as after the discovery of a video recording of the show “Access Hollywood” several weeks before the 2016 elections. In the 2005 tape, Mr. Trump was heard making denigration remarks about women.

PROCURORS

ALV IN BRAGGG A former civil rights attorney and law professor, Mr. Bragg a Democrat, is in his first term as Manhattan County Attorney. He inherited his investigation into Mr. Trump when he took office in 2021. Mr. Bragg supervised the prosecution of Mr. Trump's company for another tax fraud before taking step to sue Mr. Trump on this case last year.

MAT HEW COLANGELO A former Justice Department senior official who was hired by Mr. Bragg in 2022 to lead the investigation of Mr. Trump. They worked together earlier on cases related to Mr. Trump in the New York Attorney General's office.

No. SHUA STINGLASS Manhattan's prosecutor for more than 25 years, who has been working on some of the high profile cases, including the Trump organization's conviction of tax fraud in 2022, as well as issues involving violent crimes.

SU SAN HOFFINGER Chief of District Attorney's Investigation Division, she returned to an official duty in 2022 after more than 20 years in private practice with her sister Fran. She worked with Mr. Stinglas in the prosecution for tax fraud of the Trump organization.

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TODD BLANCHE A former federal prosecutor, Mr. Blanche was a former lawyer for Mr. Trump's campaign head Paul Manafort, in connection with a financial crime, bringing down the case against him. Mr. Blanche successfully argued that the case, set up by the same prosecutor's office in New York that has already indicted Mr. Trump, was very similar to what led Mr. Manafort to a federal prison and therefore his client was in danger of being sentenced twice for the same crime.

SU SAN NECHELES A former Brooklyn prosecutor, Mrs. Necheles is a prominent New York City lawyer who represented Mr. Trump's company in the tax fraud trial last year.

EMI L BOVE An ex-Sporter, Mr. Bove was a federal prosecutor in the South District of New York. He has been involved in many high-profile prosecutions, including a drug trafficking case against the brother of the former Hondurasn president, a man who sent dozens of explosive devices by mail to known US persons.

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YOU AN M. MERCCAN He's the judge in charge. He was also the judge in the trial against the Trump Organisation in 2022 for tax fraud and is overseeing another case of fraud, over the border wall, against Mr. Trump's old ally, Steve Bannon. Mr. Merchan has twice rejected Mr. Trump's lawyer's requests that he withdraw from the case. They accuse him of bias as his daughter according to lawyers runs a political consultancy firm that has worked for Democrats, including President Joe Biden. Mr. Merchan said he is sure that he will be able to be “fair and impartial” in his judgment. / VOA