“Juror No. 620 said he had a toothache and made an urgent (hospital) appointment for 3pm today.”
On the first day of the main trial of former US President Donald Trump’s ‘silencing of sexual scandal’ case, which began on the 22nd, Judge Juan Mercan said this to the prosecution and Trump’s defense team. In this way, the details of the conversations that took place during Trump’s trial will be revealed through stenographic records. The U.S. Manhattan Criminal Court announced that starting today, it will post the transcript of Trump’s trial on the court’s website. What happened in the trial the day before is revealed as written down by the stenographer. In fact, on the 23rd, a stenographic record was posted on the court’s website on the 22nd, when the first trial was held.
The United States does not disclose individual trial records. This is because creating and uploading records is not an easy task, as it costs money and requires the records to be refined in a short period of time. It has been reported that the Manhattan Criminal Court decided to release the stenographic records considering the historical significance of this trial. A court official said, “This measure is for the public interest.” Korea does not disclose trial records to the public under any circumstances. You can view and copy your own trial transcripts by paying a fee.
Meanwhile, at the trial on the 23rd, David Pecker, CEO of AMI, the parent company of the tabloid National Enquirer, appeared as a witness and testified to the effect that he was asked by Trump to support his campaign during the 2016 presidential election, and that he bought and buried unfavorable articles about him. When prosecutors tried to reveal that Karen McDougall, a former model for adult magazine Playboy, had once had an affair with Trump ahead of the 2016 presidential election, the National Enquirer paid McDougal $150,000 to buy exclusive reporting rights and then stopped reporting it. I think it wasn’t done. Pecker testified, “I received Trump’s offer to help with the election (before the presidential election) and said I would be his eyes and ears.”
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