After 20 days in court for Trump’s hush money trial, here’s what you missed

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Closing arguments are set to begin in Donald Trump’s hush money trial Tuesday, after which a jury of 12 New Yorkers will be tasked with deciding whether to convict him on charges that he falsified business records and acted to influence the 2016 election.

For weeks, prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office have worked to show that Trump directed a scheme to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with a porn star at a fraught moment for his 2016 presidential campaign, which aides feared could throw his White House bid into turmoil. Jurors will be tasked with deciding whether the allegation that Trump approved of hush money payments and sought to break the law by falsely recording them were part of a broader criminal scheme — or an effort to avoid embarrassment. 

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with payments Michael Cohen made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The government seeks to convince the jury that Trump sought to conceal the payments in furtherance of another crime and that that is enough to convict him in the legally convoluted case.

Here’s what you missed during 20 days in court for the Trump hush money trial:

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