The case stems from the payment to a porn actress, Stormy Daniels, to silence an alleged sexual relationship with Trump a few days before the 2016 elections. The trial will be a crucial test to dilute the victimizing discourse of the former president-candidate in this campaign, writes Julian Zelizer.

The parties had only managed to select 7 of the 12 jury members, of them, two were later rejected, he says. The slowness responds to the difficulty in finding jurors that both parties consider impartial in a district where Democrats won with 86% in 2020.. The scandal did not materialize judicially until prosecutor Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, launched a historic indictment a year ago and ended the timidity of the justice system when it came to pursuing Trump. The main witnesses are against Trump. However, there are doubts that require taking the future of the case with skepticism.