Hush money payments to porn star: Prosecution calls for Trump to be muzzled. Trump is accused of illegally recording the payments, trying to conceal them illegally and thereby trying to cover up other violations of the law.
The 77-year-old is charged with 34 counts in the trial, which is scheduled to start on March 25th. The background to the case is primarily that Trump had $130,000 in hush money paid to the porn actress Stormy Daniels shortly before his election as president.