Opening statements in Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial are set for Monday in a historic moment of the first-ever criminal trial of a former president of the United States. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He’s accused of using his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to funnel payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

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