NYT: Trump Faces “Mortifying Personal Details” In Trial

The New York Times reports:

Even if Mr. Trump wins back the White House, he could not pardon himself for the Manhattan charges, as he could in the two federal cases he’s facing. The Manhattan case is also replete with mortifying personal details for Mr. Trump and his family: There’s the porn star who said she had sex with him, the former Trump fixer who paid her off and the tabloid publisher who helped him bury all manner of scurrilous stories.

To adapt his candidacy to the trial, he will essentially bring his presidential campaign to the courthouse. Mr. Trump and the Republican Party have made the trial a staple of his campaign fund-raising. One email sent on Friday had the subject line “72 hours until all hell breaks loose!” — ominous language evocative of his social media posts before a pro-Trump mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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The first criminal trial of Donald Trump will begin on Monday, and he thinks he can win — no matter what the jury decides. https://t.co/t90rsU9RIU

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 14, 2024