NEW YORK — A prosecutor says Donald Trump “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election.

       Matthew Colangelo, a prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, made the remarks during opening statements Monday at Trump’s historic hush money trial.

       Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and denies wrongdoing.

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