Six takeaways from Trump immunity hearing and New York hush money trial
Al Jazeera
Testimony in Trump’s New York trial continues as Supreme Court considers immunity claim in separate federal case.
Former United States President Donald Trump saw two of the four criminal cases against him move forward on Thursday.
In New York, Trump was again in court in a case connected to hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, in which he defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
He is charged with 35 felony counts of falsifying business documents, with prosecutors arguing the misdeeds were done as part of a larger criminal scheme to influence the vote.
Meanwhile, in Washington, DC, the US Supreme Court heard arguments related to Trump’s claim that he is immune from federal prosecution in a separate case related to allegations that he sought to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump has argued that he should be immune from prosecution because the charges relate to actions he took while in office.
Here are the takeaways from Thursday’s proceedings:
