Politico: “The path from hush money payment to prosecution has been anything but direct.”
“The saga of Trump facing trial for the $130,000 paid to porn star Stormy Daniels has run a circuitous route, winding through two different prosecutors’ offices, multiple grand juries and numerous levels of the court system stretching twice up to the Supreme Court.
”“The investigation lurched through so many different phases — and was so durable — that one former prosecutor dubbed it the “zombie” case. Now, however, it will finally culminate in a roughly six-week trial that will determine whether Trump, the former president and current presumptive Republican nominee, is a convicted felon.”
Los Angeles Times: Trump’s trial is about more than sex and money. It’s about what presidents “can get away with.”