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If you haven't heard yet, the first criminal trial

of Donald Trump will actually begin now

in less than two weeks and right here in New York.

It's the so-called Stormy Daniels Hush Money case, but remember the

alleged crime is not paying the hush money itself. It wasn't a crime to pay the porn

start to stop saying they had an affair.

The alleged crime was falsifying business records to cover up the hush money payments

during the 2016 presidential election.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is charging during the 2016 presidential election.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is charging that Trump basically made an illegal campaign

donation to himself by paying out that money but not reporting it as campaign spending.

Instead, Trump arranged for his attorney, Michael Cohen,

to write the checks to Stormy Daniels

and Trump reimburse Cohen as if for routine business expenses.

So that's the actual case, right?

Jury selection is scheduled to begin two weeks from yesterday,

Monday, April 15th.

But there's now a case within the case that is arguably much more serious than allegedly

hiding campaign spending.

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