LIVE: Donald Trump’s trial over Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ begins

Donald Trump will become the first former president of the United States to face a criminal trial today when he steps into a drab courtroom in lower Manhattan to watch a judge begin picking the jury of 12 New Yorkers who could make or mar his run for the White House. READ MORE: A stone courthouse wrapped in scaffolding that dispenses justice to drug dealers and petty criminals will become the centre of Trump’s election campaign for the next month as he fights 34 charges of falsifying business records to conceal payments made to a porn star on the eve of the 2016 election. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #livestream #trump #maga #newyork #usa