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The historic criminal trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump officially got underway in New York on Monday.
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It's the first time in American history that a former U.S. President appeared in court for a felony.
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Trump was charged by Manhattan's District Attorney with 34 counts of Class E felony
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for falsifying business documents to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
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The payment was supposedly made in exchange for Daniels' silence about an extramarital sexual encounter with Trump
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before the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.
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Trump was required to attend the whole duration of the trial and appeared in court as the jury's elections began.
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Nothing like this has ever happened before.
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It's never been anything like it.
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Every legal scholar says this case is nonsense.
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It should never have been brought.
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It doesn't deserve anything like this.
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There is no case.
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But on day one of the trial, half of the nearly 100 potential jurors were dismissed
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as they admitted they could not be impartial in arriving at a judgment on the former president.
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Justice Juan Marchand reiterated that jurors must set aside any biases
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that may be used against them.
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or personal feelings about the defendant or the case, which include political orientation.
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Both sides are seeking 12 jurors and 6 alternates
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to hear what could be the only criminal case against Trump before the November 5 presidential election.
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Outside the New York Criminal Court building,
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a smaller-than-usual crowd gathered to express their sentiments about this day.
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This Filipino-American immigration lawyer says he came all the way from Honolulu, Hawaii,
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to show his support for Trump, now once more the Republican,
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preceptive presidential nominee.
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You cannot persecute a man for doing what he allegedly did.
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Nobody was killed, nobody was harmed, nobody was prejudiced.
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So why should they do that to him?
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The Ilocana lawyer also says he would like to let justice take its course.
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Anti-Trump activist Marnie Halasa, meanwhile, showed up in her hush money payment,
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The Philem activists founded a theatrical protest group called Revolution is Sexy.
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If I have to endure four more years of Donald Trump,
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like bigotry, hate speech, tax breaks for the wealthy, money for endless wars,
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I mean, that's going to be a problem for me.
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Falsifying records to influence an election in the U.S. is punishable by up to four years in prison.
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But Halasa says, while a guilty verdict on Trump would not bar him from,
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it could be a double-edged sword come November.
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I think New Yorkers are going to be like, well, wait a minute,
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he's going to be criminally indicted, you know, all the convicted, I mean, that would look bad.
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But I think for this lady here, that only makes people want to vote for him more, his supporters.
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It will take several more days to choose the jury on Trump's hush money trial.
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Opening statements and testimonies will follow,
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and the proceedings are,
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expected to last through May or June.
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Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News, New York.
