Donald Trump "orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt" the 2016 presidential election when he conspired to prevent damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president's historic hush money trial.A defence lawyer countered by saying that Trump "was innocent" and that the case should never have been brought.The opening statements launched the first criminal trial of a former American president, a case that will unfold against the backdrop of a closely contested White House race in which Trump is not only the presumptive Republican nominee but also a defendant facing the prospect of a felony conviction and prison.
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