Donald Trump will be asked about previous allegations of misconduct and crimes – including instances of sexual abuse and fraud – if he takes the stand at his historic hush money trial, which resumes on Thursday.
Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg revealed a list that includes “all misconduct and criminal acts of the defendant not charged in the indictment” that his office “intend to use at trial to impeach the credibility of” the former president should he testify, according to a court filing.
Proceedings in the trial are gathering pace with seven jurors now confirmed.
Mr Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election to ensure her silence about an alleged affair in 2006. He denies the affair and has pleaded not guilty.
After Tuesday’s day in court, Mr Trump lashed out bitterly at Mr Bragg during a visit to a Harlem bodega to make a statement about crime in New York and subsequently spent his Wednesday day off from court attack his enemies on Truth Social before hosting Polish president Andrzej Duda at Trump Tower in Manhattan.