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Why it’s a big day for Trump’s trials in New York

Monday is an important date for not one, but two of Donald Trump's cases in New York. With a hefty bond payment deadline for a civil case and a crucial hush money hearing for a criminal case on the same day, the former president and his legal team are in for a busy day.

The BBC's Nada Tawfik explains.

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