<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges involving a scheme to bury allegations of marital infidelity that arose during his first White House campaign in 2016.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It carries enormous political ramifications as potentially the only one of four criminal cases against Trump that could reach a verdict before voters decide in November whether to send him back to the White House, reports AP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>