Accused of having bought the silence of an X-rated actress, Donald Trump will be tried criminally in New York on March 25, a first for a former president

On March 25, Donald Trump will be the first former president of the United States to appear in criminal trial. The previous tenant of the White House will be judged in the case of payments to silence an alleged relationship with a porn actress, a few months before the American presidential election.

Judge Juan Merchan of the New York court rejected Thursday, February 15, Donald Trump’s requests to cancel the prosecution, as desired by the Republican tycoon who denounced a “electoral interference” for the November presidential election.

At the end of March 2023, a grand jury of a New York court voted to criminally indict Donald Trump in this case of buying the silence of Stormy Daniels, an adult film actress, dating from 2016. For several years, justice seeks to determine whether, with this payment of 130,000 dollars (approximately 121,000 euros) to the actress and director of pornographic films, the 76-year-old former Republican president was guilty of false declarations, a minor offense , or breach of election financing laws, a criminal offense.