Prosecutors in the hush money case against Donald Trump have accused the former president of criminal conspiracy and covering up a sex scandal before the 2016 presidential election. The indictment seeks to “raise the bar.” Prosecutors tried to qualify Trump’s actions as “election fraud,” the BBC writes.
“This was election fraud pure and simple,” one of the prosecutors told jurors during opening statements at the historic trial in New York.
In presenting the defense’s arguments, Trump’s lawyer pointed out that his client had not committed any crimes and that it was not illegal to try to influence the election: “He is innocent.”
Trump is accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels before he won the race for the White House in 2016. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business documents and denies having an alleged sexual relationship with Daniels.
Prosecutors argue that the cover-up should be considered election interference and is a second offense that turns the charge of falsifying business documents into a more serious felony instead of a lesser qualified misdemeanor, Focus reports.
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