Opening statements expected Monday at Trump's New York criminal trial

Opening arguments are set to start Monday at the New York trial of Donald Trump, the first criminal case ever brought against a former U.S. president.

Prosecutors are expected to allege that Trump schemed in 2016, just before winning election, to hide hush money payments to two women to cover up their claims of alleged extramarital affairs with him.

Trump's lawyers are likely to deny the affairs occurred, a