Now we have gone by what the $464m penalty deadline is all about, let’s pivot to the hush cash case.
The listening to is scheduled to start out at 9:30 ET (13:30 GMT). From what we all know, Donald Trump will probably be at court docket (and you may watch a reside stream by clicking the play button on the high of this web page to see his arrival).
The previous US president has been charged with enterprise fraud over hush-money funds to ex-porn actress Stormy Daniels. Daniels claims she and Trump had intercourse, and that she accepted $130,000 (£103,500) from his former lawyer earlier than the 2016 election in trade for her silence in regards to the encounter.
Prosecutors allege Trump had his private lawyer, Michael Cohen, make the funds, after which fraudulently recorded the transaction in his firm’s books as authorized bills when in actual fact he was paying Cohen again for the hush-money funds.
Because the allegations surfaced in 2018, the previous president has denied any sexual involvement with Daniels.
Right now we may have a listening to, which might inform us when the trial will formally begin.
