What’s at Stake, Exactly, in Donald Trump’s Criminal Trial?

Courthouse Media Circus • Networks Push for Debates • Adam Moss’s New Canvas [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( What’s at Stake, Exactly, in Donald Trump’s Criminal Trial? Good Monday morning! Donald Trump says he “absolutely” plans to testify in his New York hush-money trial, which kicks off today with jury selection. Still, as Jack McCordick [notes](, Trump “has a history of making and then reneging on similar promises.” Stepping back, Dan Adler [writes]( how “the unlikely and often seamy details of Trump’s still-surreal rise to national office will be the focus of a Manhattan courtroom for weeks and possibly months,” inevitably drawing a “media circus as the former president simultaneously wages his effort to regain the presidency.” On that front, Charlotte Klein [details]( how reporters, lawyers, and court officials negotiated access for the historic proceedings. Elsewhere, Klein [catches up]( with former New York editor Adam Moss, who is doing a lot of painting these days while also trying to get to the bottom of the creative process in The Work of Art. Moss’s new book, she writes, “is not a memoir about his time in journalism, but glimpses of what such a work might have looked like are sprinkled throughout.” Plus, McCormick [finds]( major TV networks urging Trump and Joe Biden to debate this fall. Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Donald Trump, Person, Walking, Clothing, Formal Wear, Suit, Coat, Blazer, Jacket, People, and Accessories]( [What’s at Stake, Exactly, in Donald Trump’s Criminal Trial?]( By [Dan Adler]( [On Monday Trump will become the first former president in US history to face a criminal trial. The proceedings will lay bare the details—both seamy and grandiose—of his 2016 presidential run as he battles for another shot at the White House.]( [Read more button](   [“We Will See How This Goes”: Journalists Prepare to Cover Trump on Trial]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [For months, reporters, lawyers, and court officials have been negotiating media access to the camera-free proceedings. The historic trial, says one journalist, is sure to be “a physical and mental marathon.”]( [Read more button](   [Adam Moss Is Seeking Inspiration]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [Since leaving New York, the acclaimed editor has traded his red pen for a paintbrush, and in his new book, The Work of Art, he probes practitioners across mediums to get to the bottom of the creative process.]( [Read more button](   [Trump Says He Plans to Testify in New York Trial, Calls Jury Selection “Largely Luck”]( By [Jack McCordick]( [This will be the first-ever criminal trial of a former president—who also happens to be a presumptive nominee.]( [Read more button](   [Major US News Organizations Urge Trump and Biden to Commit to Debate]( By [Jack McCordick]( [“There is simply no substitute for the candidates debating with each other, and before the American people, their visions for the future of our nation,” reads an open letter to the presumptive nominees.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast