Historic Trump trial reaches climax
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🗓️ 28 May 2024
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Former President Donald Trump's hush money trial moves to closing arguments.
USA TODAY World Affairs Correspondent Kim Hjelmgaard looks at the implications of a decision by Ireland, Norway and Spain to recognize the state of Palestine.
Financial aid experts are raising new concerns about a difficult timeline for students hoping to rely on financial aid this summer.
USA TODAY Senior Reporter Jessica Guynn discusses how some brands are pulling back on Pride Month merch and promotions.
Basketball legend Bill Walton has died at 71.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Tuesday May 28th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:19.2 | exit. Today, Trump's hush money trial reaches a major stage. |
| 0:26.5 | Plus, what a decision by several European countries to recognize the state of Palestine |
| 0:31.6 | means going forward. And some brands are scaling back on Pride Month |
| 0:36.5 | tie-ins. Former President Donald Trump's historic criminal hush money trial will reach a critical |
| 0:42.4 | peak today. |
| 0:43.2 | The prosecution and defense will present their closing arguments to the jury |
| 0:47.2 | after over a month of evidence and testimony. |
| 0:50.0 | Each side will make the case for the first ever conviction or acquittal of a former US president. |
| 0:56.0 | Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal or commit another crime. |
| 1:02.9 | Prosecutors argue Trump falsified records |
| 1:05.2 | tied to reimbursing his then lawyer, |
| 1:07.6 | Michael Cohen, for an unlawful $130,000 |
| 1:10.7 | hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. |
| 1:16.9 | To win a conviction, prosecutors have to prove not only that Trump falsified business records, |
| 1:22.4 | but also that his motivation was to hide the |
| 1:24.5 | violation of federal campaign finance laws in 2016 or hide a plan to violate New York |
| 1:30.5 | tax or election laws. As always, you can follow along with the latest from |
| 1:34.7 | the trial on USA Today.com. |
| 1:38.6 | Israel slammed Arafa with airstrikes in tank fire earlier today |
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