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Former president Donald Trump, center, awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, April 22, 2024, in New York. Opening statements in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial are set to begin. Trump is accused of falsifying internal business records as part of an alleged scheme to bury stories he thought might hurt his presidential campaign in 2016. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)

Trump could avoid trial this year on 2020 election charges. Is the hush money case a worthy proxy?

By Gary Fields - Associated Press

Former president Donald Trump, center, awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, April 22, 2024, in New York. Opening statements in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial are set to begin. Trump is accused of falsifying internal business records as part of an alleged scheme to bury stories he thought might hurt his presidential campaign in 2016. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)

The Latest | Lawyers in Trump hush money case paint competing portraits of him in opening statements

Associated Press

Michael Avenatti speaks to members of the media after leaving federal court, Feb. 4, 2022, in New York. Avenatti was sentenced Thursday, June, 2, 2022, to four years in prison for cheating client Stormy Daniels, the porn actor who catapulted him to fame, of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) **FILE**

Trump foe Avenatti says ex-president ‘a victim of the system’ in N.Y. case: ‘I am deeply disturbed’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom after a recess at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in New York. Donald Trump returned to the courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who will decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)

Day 2 of Trump jury selection features dismissals, admissions of bias and ‘The Art of the Deal’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - Former President Donald Trump arrives for a press conference at 40 Wall Street after a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan criminal court, March 25, 2024, in New York. Days after a New York judge expanded a gag order on Trump meant to curtail “inflammatory” speech ahead of his upcoming criminal hush money trial, the former president tested its limits by disparaging two key witnesses in the case as liars. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, file)

Trump tests limits of gag order with post insulting 2 likely witnesses in criminal trial

By Jake Offenhartz - Associated Press

Michael Cohen leaves state offices after meeting with Manhattan prosecutors, Wednesday Feb. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Trump sues Michael Cohen for $500 million, profiting off their relationship

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels arrives for the opening of the adult entertainment fair Venus in Berlin, Oct. 11, 2018. An appeals court ruled Tuesday, April 4, 2023, that Daniels must pay nearly $122,000 of Donald Trump's legal fees that were racked up in connection with the porn actor's failed defamation lawsuit. The ruling in Los Angeles came as Trump also faced a criminal case related to alleged hush money he paid to Daniels and another woman who claimed he had affairs with them. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Stormy the victim talks to Mr. Morgan

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla., after being arraigned earlier in the day in New York City. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump defies onslaught of legal attacks: ‘A persecution, not an investigation’

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower, Monday, April 3, 2023, in New York. Trump arrived in New York on Monday for his expected booking and arraignment the following day on charges arising from hush money payments during his 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Trump arrives in New York to face criminal charges: ‘America was not supposed to be this way!’

By Tom Howell Jr. and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels attends a book signing for her memoir "Full Disclosure" at the Museum of Sex on Oct. 8, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Stormy Daniels not afraid to take stand against Trump, worries about violence from supporters

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels attends the opening of the adult entertainment fair &quot;Venus,&quot; in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Stormy Daniels’ morning musing: ‘Anything exciting going on today?’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen greets a photojournalist as he arrives for a second day of testimony before a grand jury investigating hush money payments he arranged and made on the former president’s behalf, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Stormy Daniels meets with prosecutors investigating Trump

By Jennifer Peltz and Deepti Hajela - Associated Press

In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels attends the opening of the adult entertainment fair "Venus" in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Trump denies affair with Stormy Daniels, rebukes prosecutors as investigation heats up

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Michael Avenatti speaks to members of the media after leaving federal court on Feb. 4, 2022, in New York. Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti says he plans to plead guilty to charges in a federal court case in Southern California. Avenatti didn't specify which charges he wants to plead to in a brief filing Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Michael Avenatti pleads guilty to more charges of bilking clients

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this April 16, 2018, photo, Stormy Daniels, right, and her attorney Michael Avenatti turn from the microphones after speaking as they leave federal court in New York. California lawyer Michael Avenatti wants leniency at sentencing for defrauding former client Stormy Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars, his lawyers say, citing a letter in which he told Daniels: “I am truly sorry.” The emailed letter, dated May 13, was included in a submission his lawyers made late Thursday, May 19, 2022, in Manhattan federal court in advance of a June 2 sentencing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

Avenatti gets 4 years in prison for cheating Stormy Daniels

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

In this file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels, left, speaks as her lawyer Michael Avenatti listens outside federal court, Monday, April 16, 2018, in New York. Daniels has taken her star turn on the witness stand at California lawyer Michael Avenatti's trial, telling a jury Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, he stole from her and lied to her. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) **FILE**

Stormy Daniels testifies in fraud case that Michael Avenatti ‘flat-out’ lied about her

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Michael Avenatti , foreground center, discusses his ongoing defense case while responding to Judge Jesse Furman's questions, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 in Manhattan federal court. The government has rested its case at a trial where jurors heard allegations that Avenatti stole nearly $300,000 in book proceeds from porn star Stormy Daniels. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

In trial closing, prosecutor says lies caught up to Avenatti

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Michael Avenatti , foreground center, discusses his ongoing defense case while responding to Judge Jesse Furman's questions, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 in Manhattan federal court. The government has rested its case at a trial where jurors heard allegations that Avenatti stole nearly $300,000 in book proceeds from porn star Stormy Daniels. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Avenatti decides not to testify at trial vs. Stormy Daniels

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

Avenatti cast as both thief, generous lawyer at NYC trial

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, attorney Michael Avenatti arrives at federal court in New York. A judge has set an April 2021 date for Avenatti to face trial on charges that he cheated ex-client Stormy Daniels out of proceeds from her book, &quot;Full Disclosure.&quot; Avenatti, who wrote the forward for the book, has pleaded not guilty. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Prosecutors seek ‘very substantial’ prison sentence for Michael Avenatti

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press