Opening statements to start in Trump hush money trial [Video]

More than one year after prosecutors pressed charges in Manhattan against former President Donald Trump, they will present their evidence to a jury. 

Opening statements will get underway Monday in the first-ever trial of a former president as Trump faces 34 felony counts in a New York court for falsifying business records. The trial opened last week with jury selection as Judge Juan Merchan seated a 12-member, six-alternate jury. 

The jury of seven men and five women emerged after Merchan dismissed dozens of potential jurors who said they could not be fair and impartial. Six alternates were also selected in case any of the 12 jurors are dismissed. 

Prosecutor Alvin Bragg said in a court filing that Trump tried to conceal an “illegal scheme to influence the 2016 presidential election.” Bragg has alleged that Trump falsified records in an effort to prevent damaging stories from emerging during the 2016 presidential …