A former lawyer in the Biden Justice Department delivered the prosecution’s opening argument Monday in a Manhattan courthouse as the first criminal trial of former President Donald Trump got underway.
“This case is about a criminal conspiracy and a coverup,” former acting U.S. Associate Attorney General Matthew Colangelo, senior counsel to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, told the jury.
Bragg, an elected Democrat, secured a 34-felony count indictment against Trump alleging that he falsified business records regarding supposed hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Gregory Clifford.
Among other things, the indictment alleges Trump was seeking to cover up a potential federal campaign finance violation, which the U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission previously reviewed before dismissing the…
