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Trump's history-making hush-money trial begins with challenge of picking a jury

Donald Trump-1.3662473 WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 01: U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a meeting with leaders of the steel and aluminum industries at the White House March 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump announced planned tariffs on imported steel and aluminum during the meeting, with details to be released at a later date. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (Win McNamee/Win McNamee (Getty Images))

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NEW YORK - Donald Trump has arrived at a New York court for the start of jury selection in his hush money case. marking a singular moment in U.S. history.

It's the first criminal trial of any former U.S. commander-in-chief and the first of Trump's four indictments to go to trial. 

There could be some legal arguments and housekeeping before jury selection begins. 

When it does, scores of people are due to be called into the courtroom to start the process of finding 12 jurors, plus six alternates. 

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. 

Prosecutors say he was trying to conceal an alleged effort to keep salacious stories about his sex life from emerging during his 2016 campaign. 

He says that the stories were false and that the case is a sham.