Donald Trump Faces Multiple Charges: A Timeline of His Arrest and Arraignment”
Was Donald Trump Getting Arrested?
Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Criminal Court to 34 felony charges related to falsifying business records. The historic and unprecedented court appearance marks the first time the former president has heard the charges against him. While arraignments are routine, the case is now poised to loiter through Trump’s 2024 campaign as he battles the charges in court and in public.
The allegations against Trump say he sought to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election with a hush money scheme that made payments to women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump. Prosecutors allege he participated in an illegal scheme to suppress negative information, which included the defendant ordering illegal payments of $130,000 to suppress negative information that could damage his campaign.
According to the charging documents, Trump “repeatedly fraudulently falsified New York business records during the 2016 presidential election to cover up the criminal conduct of withholding damaging information from the voting public.” The indictment, which was unsealed on Tuesday, provided the public and Trump’s legal team with the first details about the specific charges he will face.
However, the indictment was quickly criticized by Trump’s Republican allies, and even legal experts questioned the case. CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said prosecutors would have to prove that the falsified records were used to cover up another crime not named in the indictment, so prosecutors would have to prove Trump committed a felony rather than a misdemeanor .
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said at a news conference after the arraignment that the indictment did not specify which laws Trump violated because “the law does not require that.” Bragg highlighted a law Trump allegedly violated during the meeting: “New York State Election Law — What makes it a crime to conspire to promote candidacy by illegal means.” electoral law.
Evidence will be “proven in public court in downtown Manhattan,” Bragg said.
The former president, speaking in a measured voice, walked in slowly, scanning the courtroom for reporters and looking at the judge as he spoke. The date for the next live hearing in Trump’s case in New York is currently set for Dec. 4.
Others influenced the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative information about him to suppress its release and favor the defendant’s election prospects,” the statement of facts said. Prosecutors described a “hunt-and-kill scheme” to suppress information about Trump. Negative coverage of Trump — “to promote his candidacy for president”.
According to the indictment, each of the criminal charges Trump faces relates to specific entries in Trump Organization business records. Manhattan prosecutors accused Trump of repeatedly creating false records in business records.
Although there was discussion in court Tuesday that Trump addressed the media, he refrained from doing so. Trump left the courthouse, boarded a plane, and returned to Palm Beach, Florida. He is expected to speak at an event at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night.
Trump has consistently denied all wrongdoing and denounced the indictment as a witch hunt. Some of Trump’s comments came to the fore during the arraignment, when prosecutors handed the judge a package of Trump’s social media posts and informed the court that Trump was making threats with “irresponsible” social media posts, particularly Citing an article shared by Trump that showed the photo
