Trump is already 'planning for a potential conviction' with latest moves: legal expert
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Former President Donald Trump already understands the legal threat posed by the criminal hush money trial set to begin in Manhattan next week, said former January 6 investigator Temidayo Aganga-Williams on CNN Friday evening.The trial centers on the allegation that the former president effectively interfered in the 2016 election by using a secret hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to conceal their former affair from voters. Trump's lawyers are reportedly resigned to the fact that...

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