“Today is a sad day for our country,” former US President Donald Trump said, Sky News reported.
Today, the former head of state stood before a court in New York. He is accused of paying porn star Stormy Daniels, who prosecutors say was paid $130,000, not to talk about her relationship with a politician. The amount was presented to the adult film actress during the 2016 White House campaign.
In the courtroom, Trump said that the case was directed by the current President of the United States, Joe Biden. In his words: This process is a witch hunt. Its organizers are in the White House, who are directly subordinate to the worst US president in the entire history of our country.
According to prosecutors, the payment to Daniels was part of a larger cover-up scheme masterminded by Trump, his former lawyer Michael Cohen and David Packer, a former executive of the publishing company American Media, in which they paid people with information that could damage Trump before the November 2016 election, when he defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Later, the former president’s lawyer in this case, Todd Blank, took the floor. My client is innocent. “Everything you have heard so far (from the prosecution) does not correspond to the truth. At the end of the trial, you will be convinced of this,” said the defense attorney, addressing Judge Juan Murchan.
Blank also stated: This lawsuit is an attempt to prevent Mr. Trump from winning the presidential election on November 5 of this year.
