Closing arguments begin Tuesday in Donald Trump’s criminal trial over his alleged “hush-money” payments to Stormy Daniels. 

Presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/02/us-news/stormy-daniels-lawyer-claims-130k-payment-wasnt-hush-money-at-trump-trial/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">$130,000 payment that his former “fixer” lawyer, Michael Cohen, made to the porn star</a> ahead of the 2016 election.

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Follow The Post’s live updates from Manhattan court as closing arguments begin in the criminal “hush money” case against former president Donald Trump.{ai:summary}<p>High stakes as Trump faces allegations of hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels. Spectacle unfolds in Manhattan court. #crime</p>

Trump’s ‘hush money’ NYC trial live updates: Closing arguments today in unprecedented case against ex-prez

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