Today, jurors heard opening statements in Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial from the prosecution and Trump’s attorneys.
The trial stems from the allegation that Trump paid Stephanie Clifford, a porn star that goes by the moniker Stormy Daniels, to keep quiet about their alleged affair and stop the National Inquirer from running a story about it.
Trump has repeatedly denied the affair occurred.
While addressing jury members, prosecutor Mathew Colangelo lied to jurors by stating that Trump “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election” by paying Clifford.
A prosecutor says Donald Trump “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election during opening statements Monday at Trump’s historic hush money trial. https://t.co/sq0hLimiDH
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) April 22, 2024
Colangelo, Alvin Bragg’s top prosecutor, is reportedly a former Biden appointee of the Justice Department.
The Biden administration continues to claim this is not a politically motivated attack against Trump.
But is anyone buying that anymore?
— Kelly (@RebelChick66) April 22, 2024
@markgeragos @gpatricksmith How can Mathew Colangelo who is 3rd man at the DOJ make opening arguments at the Trump trial without thinking that he is working directly for Merrick Garland? Seems fishy.
— Alex in Clearwater (@alexburr42) April 22, 2024
The Biden persecution of his political opponent Donald Trump continues with Mathew Colangelo (from Biden admin) & Alvin Bragg who is admitting to fishing for any reason to prosecute Trump to prevent him from running in the 2024 presidential election. pic.twitter.com/F1jiYp9BTm
— Nick Koutrakos (@NickKoutrakos) April 15, 2024
There are also reports that he is a left-wing activist and has been for years.
Biden’s sent activist attorney, Matt Colangelo to #AlvinBraggNYC to ask him to take the case.
Biden directly targeted his political opponent
& signed off on the FBI Trump raid to get Trump #BananaRepublic https://t.co/gE635mqdnt— 🇺🇸𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ن ♱ (@45LVNancy) April 4, 2023
But CNN failed to report #Colangelo is a lifelong leftwing activist (including NAACP lawyer for 7 years) and senior Democrat political appointee for nearly 15 years https://t.co/egQp6YXLGp
— Hudek1 (@Hudek110) April 3, 2023
Trump’s defense claims the case is baseless and should have never been presented in the first place.
“President Trump is innocent. President Trump did not commit any crimes. The Manhattan district attorney’s office should never have brought this case,” defense attorney Todd Blanche said.
https://t.co/gqz8LuXVXf— 25News WEEK (@25NewsWEEK) April 22, 2024
There may be a way to stop the Biden admins’ show trials, but it’s a doozy.
— Pat Clouden (@CloudenPat73935) April 22, 2024
The AP had more on Colangleo’s false and purposely misleading statements:
Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing 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.
“This was a planned, long-running conspiracy to influence the 2016 election, to help Donald Trump get elected through illegal expenditures to silence people who had something bad to say about his behavior,” prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said. “It was election fraud, pure and simple.”
A defense lawyer countered by assailing the case as baseless and attacking the integrity of the onetime Trump confidant who’s now the government’s star witness.
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