The first criminal trial in the history of the United States against a former president begins tomorrow, Monday, with jury selection. Trump will sit on the bench for irregular payments of $130,000 to porn actress Stormy Daniels to buy her silence during the 2016 election campaign.
Jury selection can take up to two weeks, in which potential members must pass the scrutiny of the defense and the Prosecutor's Office. In a city that is initially disaffected by Donald Trump – the Democratic Party always sweeps New York – the issue of insecurity is being profusely exploited by the Republican candidate, who does not hesitate to link armed violence with the wave of immigration and policies ( of the city and the country) of tolerance towards newcomers. The judge who will handle the most media case of the decade, Juan Merchan, has not hesitated when it comes to decreeing a gag order against Trump himself, a relatively common tool in the US judicial system and which consists in prohibiting an accused from making public comments about those involved in his trial.