Prosecutors, Defense Make Their Opening Arguments In Trump’s First Criminal Trial


by Talking Points Memo

Talking Points Memo— Follow along with us below as we cover the first criminal trial of a former U.S. President.

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KEYT—Opening statements to show the stark personal and political stakes of Trump’s first criminal trial. Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump was once, and may soon be again, the most powerful man in the world. But on Monday, his diminished reality as a criminal defendant will become clear in humbling fashion during opening statements in his first criminal trial. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has long chafed

KTVZ—Opening statements to show the stark personal and political stakes of Trump’s first criminal trial. Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump was once, and may soon be again, the most powerful man in the world. But on Monday, his diminished reality as a criminal defendant will become clear in humbling fashion during opening statements in his first criminal trial. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has long chafed