Ex-president’s lawyers, rather than the man himself, brought theatrics, as trial date set in Stormy Daniels hush-money case
Donald Trump had a look of fatigue about him on Thursday morning as he entered the Manhattan courtroom where – in less than two months – he will be the first former US president to face a criminal trial.
The six-week trial will not be about Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, nor his hoarding of classified documents – accusations for which he has been indicted elsewhere. Rather, Trump’s fast-approaching trial is for an alleged hush-money scheme involving the adult film star Stormy Daniels and the Playboy model Karen McDougal.
