Difficult to know the verdict of a trial in advance as the twists and turns can be numerous. However, whatever the final decision, it will inevitably have an impact on the American presidential campaign. This is a great first for a former president of the United States, whom Donald Trump would have done without. In the midst of campaigning for the American presidential election in November, the 77-year-old billionaire saw his requests to quash the prosecution in the Stormy Daniels affair rejected. on Thursday, February 15, by Judge Juan Merchan of the New York court. Consequence: Donald Trump will be judged in criminal court on March 25, thus becoming the first former American head of state to serve in prison. appear in a criminal trial. A decision that the main interested party was, unsurprisingly, not very well received, denouncing an "interference" in the presidential campaign, reports Le Monde, while the trial could last nearly six weeks, according to judge Juan Merchan, whose New York Times echoes. Even before entering the court, Donald Trump had demanded "deadlines", asking: "How can one run for elections when one is sitting in a court ?& ;quot; The former tenant of the White House had once again also been esteemed, as reported again Le Monde , that this process "is just a way of harming [him] in the ;#39;éelection". In the Stormy Daniels affair, Donald Trump is accused of accounting fraud. He is accused of having towards 130,000 dollars à pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels to buy her silence in 2016, during the presidential campaign. The objective was, it seems, for her not to make public the extra-marital relationship she allegedly had with Donald Trump in 2006, when her wife Melania Trump had just given birth to their son. If the reasons which motivated the the payment of this money are questionable, in this case, it is above all the fact that Donald Trump could have illegally used campaign funds which poses a problem ;me. For American justice, Franceinfo points out, it could in fact be a concealed donation. &agrav; the campaign, which would violate certain electoral financing laws. 
By Teilor Stone
Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116