Donald Trump is the first former US president to face a criminal trial. Trump's hush money trial involving the erotic actress Stormy Daniels is dominating the media in the United States.
The Republican candidate is likely to continue running in the 2024 US election despite a conviction. A verdict in the Trump trial is still a long way off. The process could take up to eight weeks to reach a verdict. If convicted, the ex-president could face several years, which could also be suspended. The judge rejected a prosecutor's request to include evidence of allegations of sexual assault against Donald Trump that became public after the tape was released. Trump called the charges against him an “attack on America, nothing like it has ever happened” The judge also rejected a request to use or play the infamous Access Hollywood tape during the trial. The recording is a recording that appeared shortly before the 2016 US election and got then-candidate Donald Trump into trouble. Among other things, he talked about touching women inappropriately. Critics accused Trump of abuse of power and sexual assault.