Malaysia's leader on April 22 announced plans to build a massive semiconductor design park, aiming to boost the South-East Asian nation's role in the global chip industry.
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sits at the defendant's table at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, U.S., 19 April 2024. Sarah Yenesel/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Prosecutors say Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier deceived voters in the waning days of Trump's 2016 campaign, when his candidacy was struggling from other revelations of sexual misbehavior.
Reuters/Ipsos polling shows half of independent voters and one in four Republicans say they would not vote for Trump if he is convicted of a crime. American Media, which publishes the National Enquirer, in 2018 admitted as part of a deal to avoid criminal prosecution that it paid $150,000 to former Playboy magazine model Karen McDougal for rights to her story about a months-long affair with Trump in 2006 and 2007. American Media said it worked"in concert" with Trump's campaign, and it never published a story.
In the New York trial, Trump is charged with falsely recording his 2017 reimbursement of Cohen for the Daniels payment as a legal expense in his real estate company's books. Prosecutors say he did so to conceal the fact that Cohen's payment exceeded the $2,700 limit on individual campaign contributions at the time.
Prosecutors plan to call at least 20 witnesses total, according to Trump's defense team. The trial could last six to eight weeks.Trump's legal woes have not hurt his political prospects so far. His approval rating soared among Republicans after the New York charges were announced in April 2023, and polls show him locked in a tight race with Biden.
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