5 takeaways from Trump’s first full week on trial in New York

5 takeaways from Trump’s first full week on trial in New York

The first criminal trial of a former president has reached the end of week one, with plenty of drama along the way. The jurors who will decide former President Trump’s fate heard from former magazine executive David Pecker, Trump’s longtime assistant Rhona Graff and a previously little-known figure from the banking world, Gary Farro. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Those charges spring from a $130,000 payment made by Trump’s former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen to …