Former President Trump’s first criminal trial is set to begin in New York on Monday.
Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He denies all charges.
The underlying events revolve around hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal in the closing days of the 2016 presidential campaign. Daniels and McDougal say they had sexual relationships with Trump, which he again denies.
Trump’s legal team has tried several times to postpone the trial further, but those efforts appear to have run out of road.
Here are the big questions that loom now.
How big a spectacle will Trump create?
New York law requires Trump to be present…
