The Trumpiest of the Trump criminal trials gets underway in N.Y.

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Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'

Donald Trump is facing 88 criminal counts, covering four cases across three jurisdictions. The Republican’s first trial — an unprecedented development for a former American president — is poised to get underway in a few hours in New York City, with the start of jury selection.

As Election Day 2016 approached, Trump and his political operation were concerned about the public learning about his alleged extramarital affair with a porn star who goes by the name Stormy Daniels. With those fears in mind, the then-candidate and his team created a shell company, which Trump’s fixer, Michael Cohen, used to pay off Daniels, effectively buying her silence.

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