"Trump's Legal Battles Escalate: Manhattan Trial, Frantic Tactics, and Court Losses"

Donald Trump is set to go on trial in Manhattan, facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection to a hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels and a broader scheme to influence the 2016 presidential election. The trial, expected to last up to two months, will feature salacious testimony on sex scandals and detailed corporate documents. This marks the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president and is the first of Trump's four criminal cases to go to trial. Trump has denied all wrongdoing and criticized the charges as politically motivated.